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Would Mankind have been better with another director?
Posted by: gad90210 08:25 pm EST 01/07/18
In reply to: MANKIND Today - sergius 06:07 pm EST 01/07/18

I haven't seen this yet, but I've seen Bootycandy and Barbecue. After each one I thought that O'Hara shouldn't be directing his own works. I think he needs someone to help him cut the fat. But in the case of Mankind, it sounds as if the problems are inherent in the writing.
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re: Would Mankind have been better with another director?
Posted by: Singapore/Fling 11:21 pm EST 01/07/18
In reply to: Would Mankind have been better with another director? - gad90210 08:25 pm EST 01/07/18

I love "Bootycandy" and I enjoyed "Barbecue", but Others can't write forward action. His best plays are collages. With "Mankind", he's trying to write a linear narrative, but he doesn't have the skills for it.
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re: Would Mankind have been better with another director?
Posted by: jon_sense 09:34 pm EST 01/07/18
In reply to: Would Mankind have been better with another director? - gad90210 08:25 pm EST 01/07/18

O'Hara could use a dramaturg he trusts, but his productions are vividly galvanizing.
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re: Would Mankind have been better with another director?
Posted by: sergius 08:34 pm EST 01/07/18
In reply to: Would Mankind have been better with another director? - gad90210 08:25 pm EST 01/07/18

It's just a bad play, I think. Hard to imagine a different director could make it work.
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