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Post by asfound on Mar 12, 2020 23:01:16 GMT
Probably a bit late for this since there is only one more performance left tomorrow (maybe there should be a thread for brief comments not worth a whole new thread?) but this has gone straight to the top of my best of the year so far list. A one man show that is just completely captivating and grim and unnerving with a central performance as good as - if not better than - Rafe Spall's in Death of England IMHO. I reckon I'll be thinking about this for weeks. I also noticed pretty much exclusively rave reviews on checking post-match so I'm surprised there has been no discussion about this. I imagine it might be a bit of a love it or hate affair perhaps - I loved it from beginning to end.
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Post by showgirl on Mar 13, 2020 4:20:23 GMT
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Post by Dave B on Mar 13, 2020 9:46:23 GMT
I saw it a couple of nights ago. I do agree that Sam Crane was good and yes, comparable to Rafe Spall in DOE. I loved the staging, the polished standing in for someone following him and different characters. Two things;
First, it's self-referential bits about how good a play it is and how good the writing is were very OTT and well.. undeserved IMHO. Good, but nothing like that good.
Second and actually this may be a problem with me and not actually with the play, there are so many references in it that I felt a lot was going over my head. I found myself thinking that it was a play which should have a required reading list before you go and see it. Sure, I might not be smart or well read/educated enough to have appreciated it but a couple of times it almost felt like it was rubbing my face in it.
Still, I enjoyed it and I'm glad I went.
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Post by noboiscout on Mar 13, 2020 9:55:49 GMT
I saw it a couple of nights ago. I do agree that Sam Crane was good and yes, comparable to Rafe Spall in DOE. I loved the staging, the polished standing in for someone following him and different characters. Two things;
First, it's self-referential bits about how good a play it is and how good the writing is were very OTT and well.. undeserved IMHO. Good, but nothing like that good.
Second and actually this may be a problem with me and not actually with the play, there are so many references in it that I felt a lot was going over my head. I found myself thinking that it was a play which should have a required reading list before you go and see it. Sure, I might not be smart or well read/educated enough to have appreciated it but a couple of times it almost felt like it was rubbing my face in it.
Still, I enjoyed it and I'm glad I went.
I am happy for anyone who enjoys something they have seen - so this is not a dig at you asfound! I really disliked this - self-indulgent, unpleasant, twaddle. That is not to take away from Sam Crane's performance, which was excellent. The play is very well written - but too clever by half, for me. |
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Post by asfound on Mar 15, 2020 8:23:39 GMT
I saw that as kind of tongue in cheek, as well as the whole mammoth thing, considering when it's all said and done it was actually written by Sergio Blanco.
But I do get that maybe it could come across as pretentious. I didn't know too much about Narcissus other than the very basics but I managed to follow it for the most part.
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