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Comment on Review: Frida K. by Gloria Montero by riverwriter

riverwriter — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:38:40 +0000

Or, seascribe, perhaps the standing O was for Frida Kahlo’s spirit rather than the depiction of it. We often see that phenomenon at an awards ceremony, when the intriguing qualities or even heroism of a subject is ascribed to the actor or who plays it or the production that describes it. That does not mean the actor or production was heroic or even artistically successful. Five years and some months have passed since I saw the production in question, but I still recall the dichotomy: I admire(d) Kahlo’s art and grit and certain aspects of the production, but not so much the over all presentation of it.

Comment on Review: Frida K. by Gloria Montero by seascribe

seascribe — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:21:25 +0000

It appears that a standing O has a greater appreciation of a wonderful and amazing performance than riverwriter.

Comment on Fine by riverwriter

riverwriter — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:21:33 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Anthony. The is a good deal more posted here for you to read. I am working on another which will soon appear. The poems are searchable, and you can make your own list of favourites to return to. (You do not have to register to do that. Just check the item explaining the process.)

Comment on Fine by anthony dinu

anthony dinu — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:41:34 +0000

good work …modern and refreshing not in the pseudo intellectual abstract sense of word modern which passes for poetry today without rhyme meter or structure. I would love to read more

Comment on Review: recovery by Greg MacArthur by riverwriter

riverwriter — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:23:30 +0000

Here we are, four years later, still discussing this play and my review of it. Where else but the Internet?

Comment on Review: recovery by Greg MacArthur by Angela

Angela — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:20:30 +0000

Well, I agree with the reviewer for this play. I just went to see the French version of this play last night and I had exactly the same feeling. I can appreciate what the playwright was trying to convince us except the way he wrote the play it was not very convincing. Instead of having the actors narrating everything, the playwright should’ve included more scenes to instead show what inhabitants and the staff who really both are the victims of institutionalization are going through to let the audience see for themselves the devastating effects of the oppression and be convinced by it. In Act II, I find myself almost marvelling at the fact that everybody gets to move to a newer, bigger and brighter facility with large windows. I kept asking myself “what’s wrong with the new facility again”?

Play by narration is an extremely challenging way for actors to express what a play tries to convey because narration itself limits tremendously actors’ abilities and working space to express their characters and in turn the play’s themes and ideas. So unless you have exceptionally outstandingly expressive script for narrators to work with (which this play doesn’t), watching a narrative play is like listening to a corny ghost story by the bonhire that you know is fake. And that is exactly what this play makes me feel.

Comment on Writing with a cat on my lap by riverwriter

riverwriter — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:41:31 +0000

Thanks, Raji. I posted some photos of the two of them on FaceBook today.

Comment on Writing with a cat on my lap by Raji

Raji — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:06:51 +0000

Hi, Doug,
Just read this one. I love it.

Comment on Review: Mother Courage and her Children by Bertolt Brecht by Matthew shetone | TesticleRadio

Matthew shetone | TesticleRadio — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:47:37 +0000

[...] Review: Mother Courage and her Children by Bertolt Brecht |When one produces a standard work in the theatre canon, it is always with the intention of finding a new way in, of opening fresh or … Matthew Tapscott: Armourer/Scrivener; Jeremiah Sparks: Catholic Sergeant; Nisha Ahuja: Yvette’s Servant; Alex McCooeye: Young Soldier; Members of the Company: Musicians/Soldiers… [...]

Comment on Februaundry by riverwriter

riverwriter — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:53:24 +0000

At those temperatures, there is no rain. Remember this comes from a time that I walked through five feet of snow, ten miles up hill both ways to school and back, in a tee shirt . . .