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Umma 2022
Sandra Oh done been a powerhouse actor, we love to see her in a leading role. A haunted beekeeper? Emphatic fuck yes from me. While her delivery of dialogue is always tremendous, it was all the moments we watched her silently living her life that got to me. This was honestly a silent film level performance from her & unequivocally my new favorite. The women of this story are so compelling, the dynamics are Bergman-level complex, Fivel Stewart rocked.
The mother/daughter…
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Come Play 2020
Moms are so weird.
let Jacob Chase cook! this genius horror fable has marvelous visual storytelling, everything was masterfully planned & executed. especially after watching the disappointing Megan, which failed to capture any semblance of realism in the familial relationship or representation of child services, Come Play presented a beautiful story centered around a differently-abled child & the isolation he feels from his neuro-typical peers. this connected with me in such a meaningful way, I’ve been working with kids like Oliver for so…
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Lizzie 2018
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Now that’s what I’m talking about! Brought the photography, brought the tears, brought the context! LFG! While this makes it much less of a question as to guilt in the presentation, it does sympathize Lizzie & I enjoyed the depth they added to her character. This was already way better than The Legend of Lizzie Borden within the first 15 minutes, it seemed to put Lizzie Borden’s story into a Carrie-esque romantic queer tragedy & I found that inspired.
The romance danced gracefully…
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Macbeth 1948
This is unequivocally Orson Welles’s weakest performance onscreen, comprised of a hideous accent & abundance of stares meant to be evocative. I expected the same cinematic intensity as Othello, which was well acted & beautifully shot despite the horrid blackface, but very little of this impressed me. Frankly, this looks like a meager community theater production that was filmed. There were a few cool shots & transitions, but that was about it.
As with most productions of Macbeth, Orson’s script sprints through the…
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Nosferatu 2024
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This is visually gorgeous, at least for about an hour or so anyway. The cast broke their backs trying to save the horrible script, which left a dampening boredom over most of the narrative. Were this not bad enough, the writing uses escalating provocation to mask the fact that nothing really scary happens after act 1. By the time we see that AJT’s character dies fornicating with his wife’s corpse, it became clear that it was indeed the writing that…
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The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio 2025
While I loved the anti-dictator commencement at the top, I found that Fidelio lacks some of the dynamic power that the Met has put produced more recently, as with Tesori’s recent triumph Grounded or Mayer’s inspired adaptation of Aida. While the design is grand in detail & in scale, it lacks much of the engaging power that has been captivating me over the last few productions.
The Ibsenian narrative structure is tough, but the sopranos are gold. The people want more Ying Fang, please give…
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