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re: And when they do...

Posted by:	AlanScott 02:11 pm EST 01/16/15
In reply to:	re: And when they do... - ryhog 11:01 am EST 01/16/15

I found Brantley's turnaround on Once a bit odd. I wouldn't have found it odd if he'd said that he simply liked it more on a second viewing. That happens. It's happened to me. It's probably happened to lots of people. But his attempts to make it seem like the show had improved in some mystical, indefinable sort of way and . . . I don't really know what he said, even after re-reading it. It's OK to just say, "I liked it more the second time."

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re: And when they do...

Posted by:	ryhog 02:46 pm EST 01/16/15
In reply to:	re: And when they do... - AlanScott 02:11 pm EST 01/16/15

Those of us who go to the theatre a lot know that, sometimes, we don't like a show for extraneous reasons. Sometimes we just don't feel great, and we have trouble concentrating. I'll admit that but I am not sure a published critic can be expected to. (And before anyone says it is their job not to let how they feel interfere, I say bullshit. And I would say the same about an actor who performs when they aren't at the top of their game.) I also think there is a second category, which is the show that you have trouble following the first time through, and therefore don't enjoy, but that plays much better the second. And then there are the shows that are actually working better after more time on its feet. I agree with you that it ought to be ok to just say I liked it better the second time, but I think there is a motivation for trying to explain it in some more observed way.

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