| I think this production was ugly as hell. There I said it. | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 07:16 am EDT 10/28/17 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 07:12 am EDT 10/28/17 | |
| In reply to: re: I think it is brilliant. There I said it. - Circlevet 01:02 am EDT 10/28/17 | |
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| This production has its pleasures and rewards (see comments below). But it is one of the ugliest to look at for 2 hours That I've ever seen. For no particular reason. The design might have a hint of a metaphor at work within it. Puzzling lives breaking apart, reconfigured; we get it. In the first 4 minutes. But it's all about these actors huffing and puffing to make the damn thing come together in front of an ersatz-looking, generic New York skyline. Its limitations wear us out early, and the effort required by the actors -- who are already singing a helluva big sing -- seems punishing, needlessly. And why are the costumes, except for Rannels (mostly; not a fan of the slacks) so god-awful? Trina was wigged and dressed to look like a suburban matron. Nothing about the sloppy look -- and she was made to slip in and out of one unattractively tailored print after another -- served the character or explained why Mendel would be so drawn to her. The hair looked cheap, and sat so far down on her forehead, it had almost an SNL quality. Ugh. Block is a very attractive woman (google her photos), if more mature in presentation and demeanor than prior Trinas (not a problem, but not a help with these clothes); they seemed to want to sabotage her. I lived in Manhattan during that decade. This woman would not have looked so tastelessly dressed. But in truth, I thought Borle looked just as bad in act one, with that tightly fitting shirt. In profile, well, he looked like a mall rat daddy, circa 1982. Not NYC to me. I don't get such hideousness in design. Did the sketches look better? Did the wardrobe fittings not ring alarm bells? These people look like they're wearing stuff pulled for Encores. Except Encores would let its actors appear thus. I guess I didn't like the look. |
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