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| re: A Strange Loop question | |
| Posted by: NYCVoiceTeacher 12:50 pm EDT 06/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: A Strange Loop question - BruceinIthaca 02:48 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| This show has no comparison to LaCage or Angels in America or any other gay show. I have written in depth about why I don't feel this is a good show. First of all the individual elements. The book is all over the place. There is no focus. The score is repetitive and juvenile. There is no perspective from the main character on his plight. It's incredibly self indulgent and whiny. But the main reason it doesn't work is that the main character.. Usher... is a very confused, and troubled young man. The way it is written we are laughing AT him. He is getting F($cked which is the low point and humiliating... and the audience is laughing because of the way it is written. It did not work for me because Usher is going through a really personal, gut wrenching period in his life... and we are laughing. I certainly wasn't. I was horrified for the character. Usher deserved better. It's a mess in almost every way. |
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| completely inaccurate! (Spoilers but probably should read to correct the previous errors) | |
| Posted by: fm_15 07:53 pm EDT 06/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: A Strange Loop question - NYCVoiceTeacher 12:50 pm EDT 06/17/22 | |
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| The scene where he gets "F($cked"is in NO WAY played for for laughs nor are you supposed to be laughing AT him. The only thing "funny" about the scene is the audacity of his partner to say those racist things to him during the act. We're supposed to be shocked by the absurd and preposterous nature of those words and yes, in this way, those words are "funny" because you would not think any sane man would say them. The humor is therefore satirical, not to be taken at face value. "no perspective from the main character on his plight"? The richness of Usher's character lies in how witty and scathing his observations about himself and his world are. Was the ending of the subway fantasy scene where he realizes it's just in his head, an example of "no perspective"? Coming to terms with the falsehood of a fantasy is precisely what it means to have perspective. And how is the book any more "all over the place" than say a show like Company that just jumps from vignette to vignette? It happens in head so naturally it jumps quite fast from concept to concept. Is The Sound and the Fury "all over the place"? Do all stories have to follow a linear progression of plot? I can't quibble with your take on the score being repetitive and juvenile because that is a true opinion but your examples of what happens in the rest of the show is just factually wrong. |
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