| PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS Last Night | |
| Last Edit: sergius 06:23 am EDT 10/30/17 | |
| Posted by: sergius 06:22 am EDT 10/30/17 | |
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| Self destructiveness leaves ruin in its wake. Where drug addiction is concerned, it's usually not just the addict's life that's savaged, but the family's too of course. It takes PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS much too long to demonstrate this. The play is content to have us regularly aghast at the orgy of self abuse that is an addict's life. The collateral damage of this behavior isn't represented until the play's final scene which isn't enough to make the play more than a spectacle of abasement, a theatrical--the main character is an actress--horror show. Denise Gough, who was a compelling, alternative Harper in the National Theatre's recent ANGELS IN AMERICA, is certainly impressive here, but she's stranded by the play's insufficiencies, a character in search of an author. She perfectly outlines the addict's paradoxical oscillation between grandiose self absorption and utter lack of self regard, but the play is basically a line drawing. It lacks density, the fullness of a larger purpose. | |
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