tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post5775384347383799303..comments2023-12-27T05:20:26.800-05:00Comments on BAM blog: In Context: State of SiegeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post-75479174737083566322017-11-05T11:31:02.208-05:002017-11-05T11:31:02.208-05:00Though I saw the play for the first time, it felt ...Though I saw the play for the first time, it felt like something very familiar, nothing new, totally repetitive in all ways. I expected so much more from the Parisian theater with such an old and glorious history. Total disappointment.Anna Uspenskayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065486801373223838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post-16268491393611976122017-11-05T10:19:46.592-05:002017-11-05T10:19:46.592-05:00This was terrible. It felt overwrought, pretentiou...This was terrible. It felt overwrought, pretentious and heavy-handed. Though it resonated with current political climate it also felt to add the misguided political strain of undermining the positive role government can play in people's lives and the dedication of most public servants. In short - I hated it.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493757758134286119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post-29368766415456124832017-11-05T08:03:12.114-05:002017-11-05T08:03:12.114-05:00Excellent set and actors. Why BAM would decide to...Excellent set and actors. Why BAM would decide to produce such a piece on this day and age is beyond us. Trying to make a connection with the present political climate is a stretch. It felt like it went on and on and on way beyond when it should have been a wrap. We left before the end. We couldn't take another minutelghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06897078401300956026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post-42723040101291834972017-11-04T10:02:03.631-04:002017-11-04T10:02:03.631-04:00Pretty bad production. Sorry i went there yesterda...Pretty bad production. Sorry i went there yesterday ��Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post-4406252951488394392017-11-03T21:09:20.960-04:002017-11-03T21:09:20.960-04:00I was pretty much on the edge of my seat the whole...I was pretty much on the edge of my seat the whole evening. I could not help thinking in terms of Twitter every time this absurdly (sadly) familiar regime spoke. I could not help but wonder what Camus would have thought about the term, “fake news.” Indeed, I could not help but think that Camus would be right at home with contemporary politics here in America, and that he would be entirely justified in saying, ” I told you so.”CurlyVhttp://victoriabculture.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post-46830935833012727542017-11-03T13:16:01.197-04:002017-11-03T13:16:01.197-04:00The production fell totally flat for me and was an...The production fell totally flat for me and was an unnerving 1.5 hours of histrionics lacking sufficient substance. The acting was hodge-podge, there was limited character development in the handling of the writing, the lighting + sound was coarse and the stage-craft seemed gimmicky with so much of the actual plot and acting overstated, leaving an underwhelming impression. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post-54248935749330125872017-11-03T11:08:44.348-04:002017-11-03T11:08:44.348-04:00Great writers sometimes turn out duds, and this is...Great writers sometimes turn out duds, and this is an example. When the play was first staged in Paris in 1948 it was critically savaged and rightly so -- cardboard characters, cliches about freedom vs government by numbers, etc. don't add insight. The acting was comically one-dimensional without being comic. Can't see why all these dramatic energy was being spent on a play which is basically not dramatic but a set of tirades.B. Chandrasekaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273209969199823262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post-62735487552887987762017-11-03T04:43:21.023-04:002017-11-03T04:43:21.023-04:00WWhat an exciting evening. At the same time the p...WWhat an exciting evening. At the same time the play was disturbing, thought provoking. In Camus' time, it may have related to the Nazis but it also relates to what is happening now in the US. The play will stay with me for a long time. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890611978273605581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658202452707400073.post-75717031480196335752017-11-03T04:40:45.806-04:002017-11-03T04:40:45.806-04:00What an exciting evening. At the same time, a ver...What an exciting evening. At the same time, a very disturbing play that resonates with what is happening here in the US. Acting superb. The play will stay with me for some time.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890611978273605581noreply@blogger.com