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| BLUE RIDGE Today (Possible Spoiler) | |
| Last Edit: sergius 07:30 pm EST 01/06/19 | |
| Posted by: sergius 07:25 pm EST 01/06/19 | |
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| Unfocused and tedious, BLUE RIDGE depicts a self absorbed woman who yet cannot, does not know herself. She's the kind of person who used to be called a busybody and of course she's pretty alienating. Marin Ireland is, as usual, impeccable, but the play strands her and the other fine actors. It drags along with no clear intention until we realize what we've known all along, that rage is one of the sequelae of early childhood trauma which, in this context, is no less mundane for being true. The play is sincere and yet it seems purposeless. Despite the lively--and broadly accented--camaraderie of its characters, it's entirely flat. | |
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| re: BLUE RIDGE Today (Possible Spoiler) | |
| Posted by: toros 09:40 am EST 01/07/19 | |
| In reply to: BLUE RIDGE Today (Possible Spoiler) - sergius 07:25 pm EST 01/06/19 | |
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| I thought Blue Ridge was fascinating. Subtle and unique dramaturgically, the treatment of the main character is really bold in these times. It focuses on a woman who "hates men," who bashed her boyfriend's car with an axe, who stopped giving "b**w jobs" after the election, etc. All of this earns her the audience's sympathy, and they root for her, sometimes applauding her anti-men lines. And the she destroys everyone in the halfway home's lives because of this hatred. I found it fascinating, and deeply absorbing. (My friends did not) | |
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| Agreed | |
| Posted by: JBarnet 07:54 pm EST 01/06/19 | |
| In reply to: BLUE RIDGE Today (Possible Spoiler) - sergius 07:25 pm EST 01/06/19 | |
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| The entire cast was terrific, and some of the individual monologues/scenes were really sharp, but the play as a whole was so inert. Nothing really happened and none of the characters really changed. Everything just sort of sat there, and the direction did the script zero favors. It ran 2 hours and 10 minutes when I saw it yesterday, but it felt much, much longer. Skippable. |
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