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re: The Realistic Joneses

Posted by: seeseveryshow 12:06 am EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: The Realistic Joneses - colin 11:05 pm EDT 03/14/14

Thank you for reminding me that this is the same Will Eno who also wrote Thom Pain, about which Isherwood wrote:

"It's one of those treasured nights in the theater - treasured nights anywhere, for that matter - that can leave you both breathless with exhilaration and, depending on your sensitivity to meditations on the bleak and beautiful mysteries of human experience, in a puddle of tears. Also in stitches, here and there. Speechless, in any case."

I recall it was tedious and pointless, a waste of time and just a bore, and vowed not to believe anything Isherwood wrote from that time forward. I suspect he will love this new play.


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re: The Realistic Joneses

Posted by: lowwriter 12:33 am EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: re: The Realistic Joneses - seeseveryshow 12:06 am EDT 03/15/14

I hated Thom Paine and was trapped in an aisle that I couldn't escape without making the whole role stand up.

I thought The Realistic Joneses was enjoyable and at times funny, at least the version I saw at the Yale Rep. It reminded me of Detroit but I liked this play more. I think this is a play to see near the end of previews because of some of the quirks.


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re: The Realistic Joneses

Posted by: davei2000 12:16 am EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: re: The Realistic Joneses - seeseveryshow 12:06 am EDT 03/15/14

He already does. But he didn't love The Open House. I doubt he's taken any vows...

Link http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/theater/reviews/the-realistic-joneses-at-yale-repertory-theater.html?_r=0

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