Steven Pasquale and American Son- Page 3

[RWPrincess]

Posted: 1/18/19 at 1:22pm

I thought Brian Avers did a great job with the role but my biggest issue is that I didn't think he had much chemistry with Kerry Washington. So it was hard to buy them as a married couple. That's why I was disappointed not to see Steve as I'm guessing he was chemistry tested with Kerry.

I am glad to hear that Steve is back and that the show brought on an additional understudy. Maybe someone there does read this board.

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 1/18/19 at 2:21pm

The play is quite bad, as is Pasquales performance, though the writing is more at fault than he is. I also felt he had little chemistry with Washington.

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/18/19 at 2:25pm

RWPrincess said: "Maybe someone there does read this board."

For insight on how to run a show?! Probably not...

[Pashacar]

Posted: 1/18/19 at 3:24pm

Yeah, the play is bad, but I enjoyed watching Steve (and Eugene Lee even more; I was taken by his performance and thought his role was written better than the rest).

What's wild to me is that they ever had a black understudy for Jordan's character. I guess they were in a pinch, but that just wouldn't make sense given the text. Would be an odd thing to see.

[LLW2]

Posted: 1/18/19 at 10:49pm

Pashacar said: "What's wild to me is that they ever had a black understudy for Jordan's character. I guess they were in a pinch, but that just wouldn't make sense given the text. Would be an odd thing to see."

As written, it would send the play into the Twilight Zone. Would they have changed some of the lines?
 

Updated On: 1/19/19 at 10:49 PM

[Wick3]

Posted: 1/19/19 at 7:50am

n2nbaby said: "The play is quite bad, as is Pasquales performance, though the writing is more at fault than he is. I also felt he had little chemistry with Washington."

But isn't there supposed to be little (if any) chemistry between the two of them at that point of their lives? Of course when they first met 18-20 years ago there should be more chemistry but the setting of the play is today.

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/19/19 at 8:43am

Wick3 said: "n2nbaby said: "The play is quite bad, as is Pasquales performance, though the writing is more at fault than he is. I also felt he had little chemistry with Washington."

But isn't there supposed to be little (if any) chemistry between the two of them at that point of their lives? Of course when they first met 18-20 years ago there should be more chemistry but the setting of the play is today."

Exactly. At this point, their whole relationship is built on animus and resentment, and that becomes clear as you learn more about their philosophies of life and how they approach their son. Toward the end, with the big reveal though, you can see them almost attract like magnets because, despite all the crap between them, they now need to comfort each other over their shared tragedy.

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 1/19/19 at 1:47pm

Steve is out for the matinee

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 1/19/19 at 3:58pm

What an absolutely offensive and manipulative piece of theater. Blue Lives Matter: The Play. How Kerry and Kenny got involved in this is a massive mystery

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 1/19/19 at 5:43pm

The play has its flaws for sure, but I still found it powerful. I do not think it takes the side of the police. In fact, I think one of its flaws is it clumsily goes out of its way to make sure the audience knows the police (especially Larkin) are chauvinistic and bigoted. I wouldn’t think that anyone would walk away from this play thinking that the author was siding with the police over people of color. I'm glad I saw it.

Updated On: 1/19/19 at 05:43 PM

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 1/19/19 at 7:51pm

Except for the fact it was written by a former white cop....

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 1/19/19 at 8:07pm

Maybe he was a cop. He is white. I only found reference to him being an attorney. But even if he is a former police officer, that doesnt mean he is going to take the side of the police in any play he writes.

Kenny Leon warned him:

[Kenny] told me, before the reviews came out, Listen, this is Broadway. In regional theater, you get six or eight reviews, Demos-Brown recalls. There are going to be fifty reviews for this play, and some peoplebecause its a political play, and its topical, and youre a first-time guy, and youre white, and youre a lawyerthere are going to be people who dont like you. And it has nothing to do with you. That was helpful.

I guess Kenny was right.

Updated On: 1/19/19 at 08:07 PM

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 1/19/19 at 8:17pm

i misunderstood i believed him to be a former Miami PD member, regardless i dont expect the white dude to write the great American play about black suffering at the hands of police brutality. A white writer putting "you dont understand because your white" into the mouth of a black character and hitting the point over and over just feels like its undermined, the whole play deals with perspective and it just felt off, and to me the end felt like grief porn.

i will say whatever play Eugene Lee wandered in from, id love to see that because dude stole the show for me. 

[hollebolle]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 9:49am

I didnt realize it was written by a white guy until after I saw the show. It raised points I wouldnt normally think about as a white woman, and it showed a perspective that we dont see in the news.

But I cant help but wonder how the play would be different had it been written by a black person.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 10:29am

I thought it a really obvious that it was written by a white person. Not because it was offensive, but because all of his points had been made many times before by Black people. He couldnt add anything to the conversation as a white person, so he just parroted what other people had already said.

[kmac789]

Posted: 1/20/19 at 5:16pm

Steven Pasquale was out for the show today, Sun 1/20. Brian Avers was on in the role of Scott and was wonderful to watch.

 

There were many things about this show that had me questioning the different points of view. I think it was an important dialogue that happened on stage, from the current police climate in today's society, to issues of race, color, and language. There were many times when the conversation felt repetitive, yet necessary for each characters POV given their opinion/role in the situation (mother, father, FBI detective, black woman, etc.). What was really surprising was the Lt. Stokes explanation of how the law works to those who may be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Overall a good play, glad I saw it. 

[smidge]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 5:11pm

Kerry Washington tweeted this today. What could it mean:
Im going on @FallonTonight... which is kinda weird right?! Since #AmericanSonPlay play is about close this Sunday. I mean, most people would do press DURING the run of a play, not when it ends... unless... wait... might I be announcing something?!?! Something CRAZY exciting?!?!

[LesWickedly]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 5:12pm

Maybe theyre filming it for public release? Id say an extension but seems idiotic to announce it this late.

[RWPrincess]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 5:15pm

Maybe they are turning it into a movie

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 6:49pm

Im guessing a Scandal movie or American Son going on tour are more likely.

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 7:19pm

I doubt it is anything about Scandal and she directly referenced American Son and escentially doing promotion for it still.

It must be getting filmed, continuing the trend of mostly garbage or mediocre films being filmed.

[LuPita2]

Posted: 1/21/19 at 8:21pm

Is there a great demand for this show to be in movie theaters or on BroadwayHD?  Hm.  

[RWPrincess]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 12:03am

She said its going to be a movie/play hybrid for Netflix coming out later this year. She specified that they arent simply filming the play on stage but didnt really give more details than that.

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 12:12am

(eye rollllllllll)

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/22/19 at 12:13am

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/broadways-american-son-starring-kerry-washington-coming-netflix-1177832

Sorry it's not clickable.