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Post by theatreliker on Aug 18, 2022 21:35:30 GMT
Anyone know what's going in after this?
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Post by Rory on Aug 24, 2022 16:34:38 GMT
Anyone know what's going in after this? It's closing for refurbishment for around 12 - 14 weeks apparently. |
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Post by Rory on Aug 24, 2022 23:01:08 GMT
My guess is that it will re-open with Operation Mincemeat.
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Post by hadeswasking on Aug 25, 2022 10:05:27 GMT
My guess is that it will re-open with Operation Mincemeat. Please! What a brilliant show. |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Aug 28, 2022 22:19:59 GMT
Oof, I don’t know if I’m getting crotchety in my old age because I seem to have hated a lot of shows lately, but I really did not like this.
The acting is great, but there’s just no plot at all. It’s like watching a particularly plot-lite episode of Frasier if Frasier was working class and Martin was a dick. The dialogue is funny enough but very sitcom.
The transphobic rant in the opening scene was deeply uncomfortable. I don’t care that Harbour’s character rebuts it with “don’t be mean to the nice trans people” it’s still exploiting trans people and transphobia for a cheap laugh.
The scene with the girls was one of the most misogynistic and gratuitous things I’ve ever seen on stage. Female characters as literal sex objects. Yes it’s supposed to be an insight into the character who picks up the girls but that could have been achieved without the play grinding to a halt entirely so we can watch five minutes of scantily clad girls twerking. Are they supposed to be sex workers who are paid to be there? I didn’t get that sense. Does the writer really believe teenage girls just go around giving free lap dances and asking for breast gropes from every single man they come across?
Left at the interval so perhaps the second half is better, but the poor writing and one dimensional female characters made this unwatchable for me.
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Post by zephyrus on Aug 29, 2022 10:19:43 GMT
Oof, I don’t know if I’m getting crotchety in my old age because I seem to have hated a lot of shows lately, but I really did not like this. The acting is great, but there’s just no plot at all. It’s like watching a particularly plot-lite episode of Frasier if Frasier was working class and Martin was a dick. The dialogue is funny enough but very sitcom. The transphobic rant in the opening scene was deeply uncomfortable. I don’t care that Harbour’s character rebuts it with “don’t be mean to the nice trans people” it’s still exploiting trans people and transphobia for a cheap laugh. The scene with the girls was one of the most misogynistic and gratuitous things I’ve ever seen on stage. Female characters as literal sex objects. Yes it’s supposed to be an insight into the character who picks up the girls but that could have been achieved without the play grinding to a halt entirely so we can watch five minutes of scantily clad girls twerking. Are they supposed to be sex workers who are paid to be there? I didn’t get that sense. Does the writer really believe teenage girls just go around giving free lap dances and asking for breast gropes from every single man they come across? Left at the interval so perhaps the second half is better, but the poor writing and one dimensional female characters made this unwatchable for me. In the second act - and I'm not suggesting here for one minute that you should have stayed, because I'd happily have left at the interval myself - you do learn that the girls are sex workers who are being paid to be there. (Just to answer your question!) I'm in total agreement with this review. I thought it was a pretty weak play, unconvincing, tiresome - the longer it limped on, the more annoyed it made me feel. It got a bafflingly positive reaction from the audience at the end - an enthusiastic standing ovation, if you please, which made me even more irritated, because I actually felt it was one of the worst things I've seen for months. |
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Post by tal on Sept 8, 2022 12:20:12 GMT
Oof, I don’t know if I’m getting crotchety in my old age because I seem to have hated a lot of shows lately, but I really did not like this. The acting is great, but there’s just no plot at all. It’s like watching a particularly plot-lite episode of Frasier if Frasier was working class and Martin was a dick. The dialogue is funny enough but very sitcom. The transphobic rant in the opening scene was deeply uncomfortable. I don’t care that Harbour’s character rebuts it with “don’t be mean to the nice trans people” it’s still exploiting trans people and transphobia for a cheap laugh. The scene with the girls was one of the most misogynistic and gratuitous things I’ve ever seen on stage. Female characters as literal sex objects. Yes it’s supposed to be an insight into the character who picks up the girls but that could have been achieved without the play grinding to a halt entirely so we can watch five minutes of scantily clad girls twerking. Are they supposed to be sex workers who are paid to be there? I didn’t get that sense. Does the writer really believe teenage girls just go around giving free lap dances and asking for breast gropes from every single man they come across? Left at the interval so perhaps the second half is better, but the poor writing and one dimensional female characters made this unwatchable for me. In the second act - and I'm not suggesting here for one minute that you should have stayed, because I'd happily have left at the interval myself - you do learn that the girls are sex workers who are being paid to be there. (Just to answer your question!) I'm in total agreement with this review. I thought it was a pretty weak play, unconvincing, tiresome - the longer it limped on, the more annoyed it made me feel. It got a bafflingly positive reaction from the audience at the end - an enthusiastic standing ovation, if you please, which made me even more irritated, because I actually felt it was one of the worst things I've seen for months. I do think it gets better in the second act. I don't think this was perfect, but I did enjoy it overall, and the emotional conversation between Akiya Henry and David Harbour in the second act was a highlight for me. |
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