| Gosh, I like all that stuff, haha. For me, the original dialogue had more in common with the heightened language one might find in an Albee play than the standard librettos of the day, and it subtly signaled that what you were watching wasn't quite realistic while also preparing you (if anything could) for the surrealistic climax. In place of "likable" characters, you were given theatrical audacity and mystery. And I feel with each revision, as mystery has been sacrificed for clarity, the piece has revealed that perhaps these characters aren't quite worth the time we had originally afforded them. Truth be told, I'm not sure the creators were ever that interested in doing a show about these people and their personal problems as much as they were enjoying assembling an exercise in extremely captivating style. And I think the opacity, archness, and artifice of the original sold that idea better than what followed. |
