Why is it named Romance?

[Madame X]

Posted: 5/1/05 at 11:59pm

I saw the matinee of Romance today and was hoping someone could tell me why the show is named Romance? Can anyone shed light on this? I don't get it at all. Thanks.

[Razz77]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 12:02am

A bit o/t -- is there nudity/adult content in Romance?

[Madame X]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 12:03am

There was a boy in a thong, but that's about it. Butt cheeks, nothing more. There are some boxers and undershirts, but nothing sexual about those.

[Razz77]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 12:07am

thanks....a friend saw it a few days ago and said it was "Super dirty" -- i hadn't heard anything like that so I wasn't sure.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 12:08am

FYI -- Today's evening performance was the final one of the run.

[Madame X]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 12:21am

No, there was nothing "super dirty" about the show at all. I'm not even sure how that could be inferred unless your friend is really conservative and offended by homosexuality, butt cheeks, and the bulge in the thong.

[Razz77]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 12:30am

Hmm..far from. That's interesting.

Sorry I missed this show -- sad to let any Mamet just bleep by your radar.

[Madame X]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 12:46am

Well f*ck was used quite liberally and ethnic slurs were used throughout so maybe that's what your friend meant by dirty.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 12:52am

I find tank tops and boxers to be pretty sexual, on the right guy.







Paging Carl Magnum...

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 12:56am

I'm right here darling.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:03am

Oh good, I am in the mood for some hot boxer guy action....

[Madame X]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:06am

NO NO NO NO NO! The boxers only make a brief appearance (no pun intended) and it's not sexual at all! So stop the threadjacking! :)

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:09am

SOrry X but when it comes to fish, the waistband of my boxers knows no limits. She makes me feel kinda funny like when I used to climb the rope in gym class. Hey Fish you wearing that "thing" i sent you????

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:10am

You know it Carly...







Wait, is calling you Carly weird?

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:14am

Just as long as you spank me while you do it.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:15am

You got it Carly.

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:21am

Hey Fish can we play that game we play when I come over tommorow?

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:23am

As long as you help me study for my french test afterwards...

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:30am

How about we speak french during.....

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:32am

Sorry Madame X. We are done...I am studying now. Updated On: 5/2/05 at 01:32 AM

[Madame X]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 3:53pm

ha - no problemo. Back to the original question, does anyone have a clue about the title of this show, or were you as confused as I was?

[midtowngym]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 4:27pm

Romance was poorly written, bottom-of-the-barrel Mamet. None of the dialogue even remotely sang. The gratuitous cursing (no surprise there) and uninspired chaos were unfunny. The title was the least of it's problems. I erased it all from my memory as I left the theater.

Updated On: 5/2/05 at 04:27 PM

[sabrelady]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 4:40pm

It was Beckett chanelled thru Mamet and there was a LOT of static!!
Seriously tho I thought the title refered to the typical "Romantic " elements of say a screwball comedy only in this case- boy gets boy & everybody is happy. ( or stoned)
Dirty is not even remotely a discription i would use. There is a lot of swearing and I must say the performers are good esp given how little ther is for them to go with. Def NOT a major Mamet work in fact I think it was just a playwriting exercise.

[Madame X]

Posted: 5/2/05 at 5:12pm

FWIW, I completely agree w/ you midtowngym. I thought the prosecuting attorney was particularly good and everyone else was fine, but the play was just painful. No plot. Slurs and shouting for no reason other than to get a rise out of people. It just gave me a headache. The audience I was with was cracking up and I think I laughed twice (and one was the prat-fall by thong boy in the courtroom).

I see how there could 'maybe possibly, but not really' be romantic elements throughout the play, but did not see enough to warrant the title be named "Romance." Maybe that was just it. Thanks.