#26
Posted: 2/1/07 at 10:47am
Judging from the racy publicity shots for Equus, this production seems aimed at pedophiles and people who crave the novelty of seeing "Harry Potter" naked.
ANYONE who has seen or read EQUUS knows that there is nothing at all erotic or arousing about the celebrated nude scenes. It is an incredibly tense moment and I find the nudity serves to heighten the tension considerably. I have never heard a theatre audience as silent as the first time I saw EQUUS and that scene occurred. No coughing. No shuffling. No seat creaking. NOTHING. Dead Silence.
Anyone attending hoping for the nudity and not understanding what the play is about, is going to leave the theatre very shaken. It is a disturbing play, and the nude scene only adds to that.
BTW … Alan is also supposed to ride the horse naked at the climax of Act One, though in all productions I have seen the actors either mimed undressing or kept their underwear on. This doesn’t diminish the power of the scene at all and only serves to add even more tension to the 2nd act nude scene with Jill.
ANYONE who has seen or read EQUUS knows that there is nothing at all erotic or arousing about the celebrated nude scenes. It is an incredibly tense moment and I find the nudity serves to heighten the tension considerably. I have never heard a theatre audience as silent as the first time I saw EQUUS and that scene occurred. No coughing. No shuffling. No seat creaking. NOTHING. Dead Silence.
Anyone attending hoping for the nudity and not understanding what the play is about, is going to leave the theatre very shaken. It is a disturbing play, and the nude scene only adds to that.
BTW … Alan is also supposed to ride the horse naked at the climax of Act One, though in all productions I have seen the actors either mimed undressing or kept their underwear on. This doesn’t diminish the power of the scene at all and only serves to add even more tension to the 2nd act nude scene with Jill.
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