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| LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (sort of) Today (Possible Spoiler) | |
| Last Edit: sergius 06:24 pm EST 02/13/22 | |
| Posted by: sergius 06:22 pm EST 02/13/22 | |
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| It’s usually long, sure, but rarely is O’Neill’s great play as listless as it is in this pointlessly truncated version. What’s lost in translation, or in excision, is the cumulative emotional force that the play’s repetitions provide. The Tyrone’s savage each other relentlessly. Unremitting recrimination is the fulcrum of their grief. To reduce their protests lessens the size of their sorrows. The choice to contract the play seems entirely arbitrary; it’s unclear what gain was intended in doing so. The play is contemporized, but, despite the references to Covid, Trump, etc., it doesn’t translate to this moment in the least. Worse, none of the actors find the depth of despair—or the great sympathy—that O’Neill depicts so plainly perhaps because they don’t have the time. Additionally, some choices here—Mary climbing the stairs to get high followed by projections of a skeleton climbing with her—are just obvious and silly. I left the theatre waiting for the play to start. | |
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| re: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (sort of) Today (Possible Spoiler) | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 02:48 pm EST 02/15/22 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 02:46 pm EST 02/15/22 | |
| In reply to: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (sort of) Today (Possible Spoiler) - sergius 06:22 pm EST 02/13/22 | |
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| Well-said, Sergius! Eugene O'Neill didn't call it ''Long Day's Journey'' for nothing. Drastically shortening this classic is self-defeating and stupid. | |
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| re: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (sort of) Today (Possible Spoiler) | |
| Posted by: Pokernight 01:05 am EST 02/15/22 | |
| In reply to: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (sort of) Today (Possible Spoiler) - sergius 06:22 pm EST 02/13/22 | |
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| Oh, Sergius, what would this Board do without you. Every time you post I'm enlightened and I'm jealous of your incisive intellect. | |
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| re: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (sort of) Today (Possible Spoiler) | |
| Posted by: sergius 05:26 am EST 02/15/22 | |
| In reply to: re: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (sort of) Today (Possible Spoiler) - Pokernight 01:05 am EST 02/15/22 | |
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| You are very kind.... | |
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| I'm not surprised | |
| Posted by: aleck 12:06 pm EST 02/14/22 | |
| In reply to: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (sort of) Today (Possible Spoiler) - sergius 06:22 pm EST 02/13/22 | |
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| Reading between the lines of the reviews, that's about what I would expect. Sounds like a travesty. Why bother butchering a classic? Find something else to do. Now, seeing David Greenspan doing his one-man Strange Interlude was something to remember! What a dazzling performance that was, followed by a very modest curtain call. The man was literally frothing at the mouth at the end of some of those "acts." |
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| re: I'm not surprised | |
| Posted by: Kjisgroovy 12:03 am EST 02/15/22 | |
| In reply to: I'm not surprised - aleck 12:06 pm EST 02/14/22 | |
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| Many people accused Greenspan of "butchering a classic." The good thing about theater is that an awful production will close and a new production with a new take will usually come along in a few years. |
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