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| CORSICANA tonight | |
| Posted by: student_rush 11:55 pm EDT 06/15/22 | |
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| Horribly dull; a nothing of a play - fled at intermission. No clear idea whose story this is … Sam Gold does nothing with the direction, and neither direction nor design active or elevate this text. In fact (no spoilers), there is a moment in Act One that is so jarringly at odds with the text: it completely removed me and my partner from the play and only made me think about the actors onstage, not the characters or story. While there are obvious reasons why Gold is drawn to direct stories featuring differently-abled characters, his take on CORSICANA and GLASS MENAGERIE lead me to believe that he is better suited doing Shakespeare? Musicals? Who knows. We can’t ignore the playwright; while personal to him, this play is functionally inert. |
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| What moment? | |
| Posted by: Pashacar 04:30 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: CORSICANA tonight - student_rush 11:55 pm EDT 06/15/22 | |
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| I liked it much more than you, but found that the second act had much more incongruous stuff. | |
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| SPOILER, re: What Moment? | |
| Posted by: student_rush 04:59 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: What moment? - Pashacar 04:30 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| When the young woman tells Lot that she has a fourteen year-old boyfriend, the actor playing Lot started to panic and retreated upstage, breathing deeply and repeating a phrase/mantra - as if to ground himself back in the play. He caught his breath and "reentered" the scene. This lasts a *long* time. It made me question if the actor was developmentally challenged (I don't believe he is), but errs really really close to "play acting" a disability - ALL without ever really laying the groundwork for such a behavior. A really bizarre collection of directing, writing, and acting choices all on top of each other. |
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| re: CORSICANA tonight | |
| Posted by: Showtunegal 12:38 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: CORSICANA tonight - student_rush 11:55 pm EDT 06/15/22 | |
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| Ruh roh. I'm ushering on Sunday so won't be able to flee. But I find this review slightly comforting anyway as I loathed Heroes at the Fourth Turning which got stellar reviews and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. I thought it was very obvious and so...darn...talky. | |
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| re: CORSICANA tonight | |
| Posted by: Jameson 04:33 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: CORSICANA tonight - Showtunegal 12:38 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| Talky is a good descriptor for this play. I liked it more than student_rush but that poster rarely has a good thing to say. Search on the poster name for a sampling. | |
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