"But essentially copying the movie scenes is problematic on that huge (bare-bones) stage. What were quick cutaways in the film become long beats of silence. The actors are staged to make long exits across the stage, losing any punch to the iconic (or should I say familiar) film dialogue."
I was amazed by how poorly some moments in the screenplay were adapted to the stage, like that ridiculous moment towards the beginning, where the leading man gets OUT OF THE CAR HE'S DRIVING, in one of the worst parts of L.A., to ask for directions. And then the prostitute comments on how he doesn't know how to drive shift correctly -- even though he's not driving and, in fact, neither of them are in the car at that moment. I guess they didn't want to have them in the car for that moment because they wanted to save the expense of having a realistic-looking car on stage, but --- a completely inept "solution," I think. |
