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| re: The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures | |
| Posted by: theaterisok 10:46 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures - josiahjosiah 10:09 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| I remember the evening felt like a writing exercise about calibrating overlapping dialogue, without success of a dramatic or compelling narrative. | |
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| re: The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures | |
| Posted by: Cormanjones 12:06 am EDT 10/11/23 | |
| In reply to: re: The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures - theaterisok 10:46 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| Couldn’t agree more! | |
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| re: The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures | |
| Last Edit: lordofspeech 11:12 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 11:10 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: re: The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures - theaterisok 10:46 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| I was thrilled by the scope of the play and all the turns it took. Had bursts of the family-power-dynamics of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. And I felt the most exciting scenes were between the gay son and the male sex worker whom he was so mixed up with. There were some forced twists and turns of plot/synchronicity, and perhaps the examination of making the choice for suicide was under-cooked, but all the talkiness was fun. It reminded me of August Wilson. Gab that didn’t necessarily serve the Aristotelian unities, but it was fun to hear all that talk for its own sake. And I admired that Kushner was stretching himself to write about ‘nuclear family’ and to create a female character grounded in an ordinary reality (whereas Harper and the Angel in ANGELS had been so unmoored.) I thought Spinella’s frailty was overused, and, probably, he was miscast. But the others worked well and hard. Special brava to Ms Emond. |
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| Saw it in London... | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 11:55 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
| In reply to: re: The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures - lordofspeech 11:10 pm EDT 10/10/23 | |
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| ... and I liked it considerably. Did it feel like a day on the playground of Kushner's brain? Yes. But there are far less interesting playgrounds to kick around some fun ideas for a few hours. - GMB |
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