| Anyone else in my camp re OFFICE HOURS and MARY JANE | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 10:45 am EDT 10/24/17 | |
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| MARY JANE first. Carrie Coon is terrific. But for short of two hours we watch and listen to a single mom in denial of how serious her childs medical condition is. She has learned to live with and accommodate the toughness of her situation. And thats about all that we learn. I didn't find any depths of character to pick up on or fee my mind. Just her relentless acceptance/cheeriness about her child's condition, up to the predictable on page one conclusion. I'd love to see Ms Coon in A DOLLS HOUSE or as Sonia in UNCLE VANYA. But this play left me cold. OFFICE HOURS seemed endless, repetitive, and to tell us nothing, really. Its multiple scenarios are a nice gimmick, but not original (we suffered thru this in La La Land, among many other places). And I was left wondering why a young, fashionably dressed, adjunct prof of English is compelled to play amateur psychologist with a dangerously disturbed student. And not play it very well. Lots of VERY long monologues that loop back upon themselves. Am I too old? Has seeing thousands of productions of thousands of plays and musicals (I'd guesstimate 12,000 or so) left me only able to respond to 'great' work? I don't think so ... I've enjoyed many mediocre plays and musicals over the years, just as I have been mystified by the success of many hits. While I read encomiums to these plays all over at the moment, both bored me and seemed able to make their point fully in 10-15 minutes. I don't regret going - I want to see whats on writers minds - and I find amazing plays that way. But these are equally tedious to me as the spate of feckless youth plays we had, up til a few seasons ago. You know, young folk, taking drugs, living in horrible apartments, being awful. Great. Thanks. I have to see people behaving badly I'd opt for WHOS AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, or CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, or MACBETH. |
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