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THE ELEPHANT MAN this afternoon

Posted by:	AC126748 04:15 pm EST 11/19/14

A fine production of a play that I find lethally boring. Cooper is powerful and committed--not a trace of movie star persona. (Mercifully, his entrance is staged in a manner that doesn't really allow for applause). Alessandro Nivola is really superb as Treves. Patricia Clarkson...well, she looks smashing. I can't help but feel that when it comes to the text, there's just not much there. I've never been moved: neither by the current production, the film, the last Broadway revival. I'm one who believes that Cooper's talent is immense: I wish he felt so passionate about a different play. For those who care, I was on the street by 4:00.

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