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re: Mint theater—Katie Roche
Posted by: BarbaraT 01:47 pm EST 02/05/21
In reply to: Mint theater—Katie roche - dramedy 01:02 pm EST 02/05/21

I liked this play, and liked it even better after absorbing the EnrichMINT section (22 videos!).
Those presentations and Q&As helped to further contextualize this piece for me.

(I loathed Days to Come, The writing and most of the acting struck me as sub-par),
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Spoiler
Posted by: dramedy 02:38 pm EST 02/05/21
In reply to: re: Mint theater—Katie Roche - BarbaraT 01:47 pm EST 02/05/21

Days was a melodrama especially with the mafia gangsters involved.

I just felt Katie didn’t cover much territory. She was a child. She really needed to get pregnant and move from childhood romance to motherhood. Now a days, he’d divorce her but I think he was correct in moving to Dublin or abroad to isolate her from that guy who really wasn’t actively pursuing her. Not a landmark play, but worth watching at home. I think I’d be really bored in a theater seat.
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re: Spoiler
Posted by: BarbaraT 02:58 pm EST 02/05/21
In reply to: Spoiler - dramedy 02:38 pm EST 02/05/21

dramedy,

Noted, re Days....
for me though, there was no real oomph, except for the sister. Plus, I felt all but two of the actors (playing the sister and a maid being the exceptions) were not particularly invested in their roles.

Re Katie...you may want to check out the EnrichMINT section on the MInt's website, particularly video #2 of 12 in the first grouping. Interesting and enlightening discussion of the culture of the times.

Barbara
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