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| STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today | |
| Posted by: sergius 05:27 pm EDT 07/15/18 | |
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| Despite what you may have heard, this is not a play in trouble. Rather, it's a smart, funny, thoughtful and, best of all, surprising work for contemporary theatre, by which I mean a theatre that accounts for where we are and how we are living now. It's utterly subversive without overtly seeming to be and, in great part, by not being what it seems. At every turn, it's confounding and compelling. And also immensely encouraging. Young Jean Lee has written something that's very familiar and yet completely new and her work is immeasurably enhanced here by Anna D. Shapiro's relentlessly specific, clear-eyed direction and a cast that's uniformly good. If 2ndStage can continue to produce plays like this on Broadway, it will be a most welcome and meaningful achievement. | |
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| re: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today | |
| Posted by: twocents 10:37 am EDT 07/17/18 | |
| In reply to: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today - sergius 05:27 pm EDT 07/15/18 | |
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| Anna D. Shapiro's relentlessly specific, clear-eyed direction As usual! Good to hear. |
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| re: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today | |
| Posted by: jacobsk 09:51 pm EDT 07/15/18 | |
| In reply to: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today - sergius 05:27 pm EDT 07/15/18 | |
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| Saw Straight White Men in DC at Studio Theater not too long ago and really enjoyed it. It's one of the few shows my partner wanted to go back and see again. I look forward to seeing it on Broadway! | |
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| re: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today | |
| Posted by: FinalPerformance 06:25 pm EDT 07/15/18 | |
| In reply to: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today - sergius 05:27 pm EDT 07/15/18 | |
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| Good to hear this report. I intend to check it out. | |
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| re: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today | |
| Last Edit: singleticket 09:58 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
| Posted by: singleticket 09:57 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today - FinalPerformance 06:25 pm EDT 07/15/18 | |
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| Agreed. Thanks for the report, sergius. | |
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| re: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today | |
| Posted by: Indavidzopinion 10:44 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today - singleticket 09:57 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| The men in this play, three brothers, have severely arrested development. Because the two older ones used to call the youngest "Shit baby!" when they were growing up, they call him this name throughout the play. One of the brothers goes for a run, gets sweaty, dabs at his armpits with a wash cloth, then puts the washcloth down on his sleeping brother's nose. Just in case we didn't get the point, at a later moment in the play, while his brother is groggy with a hangover, he puts his toes close to the brother's nose. A dance sequence towards the middle of the play is amusing, but the choreography features a lot of pelvic thrusting,humping and, momentarily, simulated anal intercourse between two of brothers. What was that for, in terms of giving us information about the relationship between the three brothers? | |
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| re: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today | |
| Posted by: whereismikeyfl 10:53 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Today - Indavidzopinion 10:44 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| That seems to give a definite portrait of the kind of relationship they have. Very pre-adolescent. Was it really unclear to you? |
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