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| NEW - M. BUTTERFLY - Talkin' Broadway's Review | |
| Posted by: T.B._Admin. 07:00 pm EDT 10/26/17 | |
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| Michael Portantiere takes a look at M. Butterfly: Director Julie Taymor has stated that a Chinese puzzle box was the metaphor that came to her mind as the jumping-off point for her new Broadway production of David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly, based on the incredible true story (as they used to say in movie trailers) of a French diplomat who falls in love with a male Chinese opera star and begins a long-lasting romantic and sexual affair with "her," believing throughout the liaison that she is in fact the woman she presents herself to be. (Suffice to say that the use of gender-specific pronouns in any review of this play or the story that inspired it is particularly tricky, thus the quotation marks.) . . . |
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| re: NEW - M. BUTTERFLY - Talkin' Broadway's Review | |
| Posted by: Tyger 03:55 pm EDT 10/27/17 | |
| In reply to: NEW - M. BUTTERFLY - Talkin' Broadway's Review - T.B._Admin. 07:00 pm EDT 10/26/17 | |
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| Very astute review Michael. "Flat" is the ideal word to describe Clive Owen's performance, particularly in the scenes with the wonderful Jin Ha. I'd also call his relationship with Song "clinical": I felt he was constantly observing, never interacting. It was almost as if he saw her as a specimen. Perhaps that was his intention, but if so, it is totally misguided. HIs obsession with Song should be paramount, yet I felt nothing. | |
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| re: NEW - M. BUTTERFLY - Talkin' Broadway's Review | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 11:38 am EDT 10/27/17 | |
| In reply to: NEW - M. BUTTERFLY - Talkin' Broadway's Review - T.B._Admin. 07:00 pm EDT 10/26/17 | |
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| This is a thoughtful review! Thank you. But on the night I attended Clive Owen was far from dry or flat. | |
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