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| SEA WALL/A LIFE Last Night | |
| Last Edit: sergius 10:38 pm EST 02/12/19 | |
| Posted by: sergius 10:38 pm EST 02/12/19 | |
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| Two thematically related, beautifully rendered monologues. The terrors of loss, how it haunts and deepens us, is the subject here. SEA WALL, the stronger of the two works, is an impeccable dissection of the suddenness and the shock of harm. Tom Sturridge is quietly breathtaking as he attempts to give words to that which is, essentially, unspeakable. He's devastated and he knows it. Gyllenhaal, on the other hand, breathlessly talks and talks until he runs out of speech. Both men are collapsed by sorrow, but it seems that Sturridge will be the wiser for it. The evening is, in every detail, scrupulously presented. It's a constant rush of feeling and a plaintive reminder that, as Stanley Kunitz has said, "the heart breaks and breaks and lives by breaking." | |
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| re: SEA WALL/A LIFE Last Night | |
| Posted by: StageLover 09:56 am EST 02/13/19 | |
| In reply to: SEA WALL/A LIFE Last Night - sergius 10:38 pm EST 02/12/19 | |
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| Just saw the two of them co-star in the Netflix' VELVET BUZZSAW.... | |
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| re: SEA WALL/A LIFE Last Night | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 03:15 pm EST 02/13/19 | |
| In reply to: re: SEA WALL/A LIFE Last Night - StageLover 09:56 am EST 02/13/19 | |
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| Sounds like Sturridge has improved since 10 days ago. Gylenhaal was great when I saw it. But as I watched his play, I kept thinking - I'm not getting any new insights into anything - the stuff about first time parenting was much better written in Mike Bibiglia's recent Broadway show. I found the evening to be very 'worthy.' | |
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