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| re: Anyone else surprised about the NY Time's RAVE on Mary Page Marlowe? | |
| Posted by: Thom915 07:20 pm EDT 07/13/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Anyone else surprised about the NY Time's RAVE on Mary Page Marlowe? - Budinsky 05:27 pm EDT 07/13/18 | |
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| Reads like a rave to me. I found one paragraph that expressed reservations about two scenes, the 1965 scene and the final scene. He doesn't seem overly concerned about them. Green goes on in the rest of the article showing how things that might be drawbacks in any other play seem to become virtues in this. Even his final caveat, about the facileness of the plays themes he dismisses as an example of the need of the audience to do some work to uncover what Letts has written. i have not seen this play nor did I have any desire to do so but the positive reviews countered by the absolute pan in the Daily News has piqued my interest. | |
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| re: Anyone else surprised about the NY Time's RAVE on Mary Page Marlowe? | |
| Posted by: Budinsky 08:00 pm EDT 07/13/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Anyone else surprised about the NY Time's RAVE on Mary Page Marlowe? - Thom915 07:20 pm EDT 07/13/18 | |
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| I'm no expert, but the folks over at Show-Score (who seem to know their numbers) have given Green's review a rating of 80, which I don't think constitutes a "rave." Other reviews were given even higher ratings (85, 90)--more like rave territory, I'd think. It's a positive review at best, as far as I'm concerned. |
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| re: Anyone else surprised about the NY Time's RAVE on Mary Page Marlowe? | |
| Posted by: Thom915 10:30 pm EDT 07/13/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Anyone else surprised about the NY Time's RAVE on Mary Page Marlowe? - Budinsky 08:00 pm EDT 07/13/18 | |
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| Okay. I agree to positive. (I would think it is closer to a show-score 85 than 80 but I am not going to quibble) | |
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