| re: Barrymore Awards (Philadelphia) | |
| Posted by: mikem 06:48 pm EDT 10/31/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Barrymore Awards (Philadelphia) - AC126748 01:17 pm EDT 10/31/17 | |
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| That's interesting that you and I have a similar take on Caroline Dooner's interpretation, but one of us liked it and one of us didn't. I agree that she seemed very self-aware, and for me, that didn't fit my conception of Louise's character. I personally found it hard to reconcile that her Louise would go along with her crazy mother and the somewhat ridiculous Baby June act for so long. I guess I prefer my Louise to be more naïve until the strip. I agree completely that Blanka's direction of When the Rain Stops Falling was not award-worthy. And I think you are right that the play is all about relationships and family, and the whole climate change part is just kind of tacked over the whole thing. I enjoyed the production for what it was, and I can understand the awards for lighting and sound, but I wouldn't have given it awards for the rest. The Wilma has done some great work, but I didn't love When the Rain Stops Falling or Constellations last season (although I don't have an issue with Jered McLenigan's win for that show). I'm very curious to see how Passing Strange comes out. I think the Barrymores have had a lot of trouble wrestling with the idea of how to cover a gazillion productions by judges who don't necessarily have a gazillion hours of free time. I'm not sure what system they're using now, but the one where they had each judge give each element a numerical score didn't work at all IMO. Some judges apparently really loved some shows, and their inflated scores meant that the same show won over and over. |
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