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...flier on a kiosk the Yard two days before [the deadline]," said Eilenberg, who had tried his hand at playwriting before he knew about the prize. "I turned in the only completed decent script...
...tony suburb of Dallas, Nobody's You aspires to nothing beyond frivolous entertainment: a bit of comedy here, a bit of romance there, all mediated by the Southern accents and smooth dialogue of Roberts' script. The production is by no means flawless, and the plot smacks of TV sitcoms, but both are solid enough to carry the audience through the myriad gags and delectable characters that make up the meat and fluffy potatoes of the show...
Though the plot is fairly conventional and sometimes contrived, Roberts' script is a well-written and coherent student effort. She has a good ear for dialogue, and a sharp sense of humor that hits more often than it misses. Nobody's You is her second script produced at Harvard (her first, Hell On A Platter, appeared in the Loeb Ex last spring), and it shows a marked improvement in writing, content, and humor...
This time around, Roberts decided to direct her own script (Andrew Ehrlich, the director of Hell On A Platter, served as Assistant Director for this production); the choice was a good one. Writers often run into trouble directing their own plays. Their personal involvement with the script can get in the way of confronting the directing experience on its own terms. Whether or not Roberts ran into this problem, her presence is positively felt in the performances of her actors. A show so heavily dependent on its colorful characters begs for the writer's input to fill in what...
...bottom line is that while there may be grandiose messages of social renewal sprinkled throughout the script, there is equal kowtowing to the god of glamourized violence. The same target audience that engages in bar fights and beat their wives are also being entertained by the Van Damme-styled fight scenes replete with tough talk and tightly choreographed martial arts maneuvers. For beefy guys who supposedly sit around and drink five or six liters of beer in a sitting, all this activity is especially impressive...