Word: scripting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Paleolithic lifestyle that prevailed for at least 90% of our existence--women probably spaced their births up to four years apart through prolonged lactation. As in surviving hunting-gathering societies like the !Kung, infrequent births mean that each baby can be cherished and, of course, fed. It is this script--not some commandment to multiply nonstop--that has been violated by human societies for the past few thousand years. By the time of the ancient Mediterranean civilizations, women were already having far more babies than they could care for--as evidenced by the widespread practice of infanticide and abandonment...
...conceived improv sketch, does have it high points. Likewise, the cast bravely struggles against the banality of their lines, occasionally achieving something not totally unlike entertainment. Jared Greene '03 was delightfully serious as the misguided mystic, John, and James Crawford '03 nearly succeeded in ripping a character from the script's lifeless caricature, David. While they managed to salvage a performance from their script, others were simply overwhelmed. Caitlin Butler '03 (Tess) and Mia Lozada '03 (Malvolia) saw their talents go to waste, trapped within the confines of one-joke roles. Butler had to contend with well over half...
...show's inconsistent (though, given the script, largely appropriate) design vacillated between actors who looked like they had just stumbled in from the Yard and actors who looked like they had just stumbled in from burglarizing a costume warehouse. The set and lighting failed to take advantage of the technical capacities of the Agassiz Theatre, allowing for very few interesting visual effects...
...explore every possible angle of it. In this case, the Winklers ride the wave of Allen's fantasies - extremely random circumstances of fate throw their lives into disarray constantly, but we get the feeling that it's Woody playfully throwing ideas around as to actually crafting character arcs. The script seems to pose questions: What happens if the Winklers struck it rich? What happens to people when they achieve their dreams? Because the comedy is broad and fast, the answers to these questions aren't particularly profound. But then again, the Winklers never really have a design on _being_ profound...
...struck me when I read the script - I was like, "These aren't Jews." Jewish people also wouldn't like people telling them what to do - like Frenchy pushing Ray around and Frenchy going to Hugh and asking him for an "education." The Jews would be like, "Hey, I'm fabulous." They have a lot more confidence than the Winklers have. Though I have to say, my dream would be to play retired Jews in Boca Raton. [laughing] The movie's called Retired Jews in Retirement. Me and Woody. The condo would be beautiful...