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| I sat center block front row, one seat in | |
| Last Edit: Leon_W 02:42 pm EST 11/25/18 | |
| Posted by: Leon_W 02:41 pm EST 11/25/18 | |
| In reply to: front row at The Ferryman yesterday matinee (mild spoilers in beginning, then major spoilers after a warning) - mikem 12:39 pm EST 11/25/18 | |
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| On the house left and the view was fantastic apart from that one scene as you say. I had the same thoughts as you that I would’t want to be front row in either of the small side blocks. Not unless they were the $40 rush seats. On your point about why it was better not to publish a family tree, I was annoyed to see many reviews spoiling this and several even saying you should understand this before you try to see the play, absolutely absolutely against the ambiguity that the playwright was going for I believe. |
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| re: I sat center block front row, one seat in (SPOILERS) | |
| Posted by: mikem 04:10 pm EST 11/25/18 | |
| In reply to: I sat center block front row, one seat in - Leon_W 02:41 pm EST 11/25/18 | |
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| (MAJOR SPOILERS) I stayed away from reading reviews, and I'm glad I did, because there is no way that the audience aren't supposed to think that Quinn and Caitlin are a couple during the opening blindfold game. Part of what made things confusing was realizing part-way through the first act that they weren't in fact married, and then having to re-calibrate. But I think there's no question that the playwright's intent is for the two of them to interact as a couple would during that scene, and for the audience to see them interact that way. I'm kind of surprised that reviewers would feel the need to divulge that relationship. Another tiny quibble: unless we are supposed to believe that Quinn and Caitlin do the blindfold thing regularly, they are way too comfortable walking around and drinking without being able to see. Obviously, the actors have done it literally a hundred times, so Paddy Considine and Laura Donnelly are very comfortable with not being able to see, but the characters shouldn't be. And one last tiny quibble: I'm not a big fan of dramatic music underscoring scenes in plays. It shouldn't be necessary IMO. There's a lot of it here. |
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