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| Last Edit: WaymanWong 12:29 am EDT 09/01/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 12:26 am EDT 09/01/18 | |
| In reply to: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny - dramedy 01:29 pm EDT 08/31/18 | |
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| Comedies come in all types - slapstick farce, drawing-room, absurdist, etc. - and what makes one show ''laugh-out-loud'' funny is so subjective. I'm sure we've all had the experience of sitting at a comedy where everyone else is uproariously laughing, while we sat stony-faced. Or we found something hilarious, but the rest of the audience didn't. However, I think we can agree that comedy doesn't get its due at awards time. Theater prizes usually go to ''serious'' dramas. Take ''The Play That Goes Wrong'' and ''Significant Other,'' which the Tonys snubbed (except for the fall-apart scenery to the former). I had a far better time at those two comedies than I did at the highbrow, Tony-nominated dramas for Best Play. I've now seen ''The Play That Goes Wrong'' excerpt (below) many times, and it still cracks me up. |
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| Link | 'The Play That Goes Wrong' from 2015 Royal Variety Performance |
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| re: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny | |
| Last Edit: KingSpeed 04:19 am EDT 09/01/18 | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 04:18 am EDT 09/01/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny - WaymanWong 12:26 am EDT 09/01/18 | |
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| Interesting. I haven't seen it because a close friend of mine walked out at intermission and would've left earlier if he could've. He said it was obnoxious bad knock off of Noises Off. He's thinking about going back though, wondering if he was just in a bad mood. | |
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| re: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 02:07 pm EDT 09/01/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny - KingSpeed 04:18 am EDT 09/01/18 | |
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| Again, comedy is so subjective. I doubt ''Noises Off'' was the very first farce about an amateur theater company. And I've seen others, like ''Footlight Frenzy.'' It's all in the execution. Give this ''Play'' a chance. Who couldn't use a good laugh or two? |
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| re: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny | |
| Posted by: davei2000 03:49 pm EDT 09/01/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny - WaymanWong 02:07 pm EDT 09/01/18 | |
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| "Play" isn't at all like "Noises Off," which has a structure; it builds. "Play" is one gag after another. I laughed at many of them, but by the end of the night I was weary of it. | |
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| re: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 04:05 pm EDT 09/01/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny - davei2000 03:49 pm EDT 09/01/18 | |
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| To me, Act III of ''Noises Off'' can be wearying. My favorite part is Act II. | |
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| Posted by: AlanScott 04:35 pm EDT 09/01/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny - WaymanWong 04:05 pm EDT 09/01/18 | |
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| For me it's the reverse. I find Act Two remarkably unfunny for all its busyness, but Act Three, at least with the original Broadway cast, was funny till its last moments. But most people are with you. | |
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| re: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 02:28 pm EDT 09/01/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny - WaymanWong 02:07 pm EDT 09/01/18 | |
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| Well, Noises Off is not about an amateur theatrical company. But George Kelly's 1922 The Torch Bearers is. | |
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