I went and saw the Southeastern University production of “The Man Who Came To Dinner” on Friday night. Now, let me just say up front that I was completely exhausted from the previous two nights, so putting me in a dark room to watch a play I didn’t want to be at, probably didn’t help my opinion of the play very much. That being said, I thought that this play was way too long for the amount of storyline that was in it. I felt like if they wanted it to be that long with the plot they had then they should have made it much funnier throughout. It just began to feel like we were dragging through it, almost as if just trying to take up time. Now I understand that this is completely my opinion, because it seems like most people loved it, for example, Zac said,
`“There were only a few scenes where I desired more to go to sleep than I did to stay awake, and that’s a lot to me, since I’ve never actually been to a formal theatre house before and seen a play. And there wasn’t even really a moment where I didn’t want to finish the play.”
So he only found it sleepy at parts, while I felt like there was my own storyline going on throughout the play about whether or not I would stay conscious. That just goes to show it’s a matter of opinion, always. Now even though I did not find the storyline enjoyable doesn’t mean that I didn’t appreciate the acting. I felt like everyone in it did a phenomenal job. Being able to stay in character for that long can’t be easy and I thought everyone did an exceptional job at bringing each particular character to life.
In the end, I guess it was a good experience for me, but it was not one of my favorite field trips thus far.
I love your title for this blog! And yes, it was hard to focus in this play. It was boring the whole way, except for a handful of parts. I did not get anything out of this.
ReplyDeleteCole I agree with you on that the play lacked significant story for as long as it was. It could have been shorter. Some parts were good but it lacked significant plot.
ReplyDeleteI agree with that falling asleep in the first act but for me the play picked up later on. But all in all I enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI wrote in my blog too that it was slow, but I was like Matt where it was only slow in the first part for me
ReplyDeleteI love you're title. I didn't find it all that slow, however it did seem awkwardly drawn out.
ReplyDeleteYou do have a creative title, i like it. I agree i think it was a little to drawn out. I wasn't sure if i was the only one who thought this cuz i'm not used to going to plays, or it was just this play that was drawn out.
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