tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post115847524032773217..comments2023-09-29T04:00:21.951-07:00Comments on followspot: Secondhand Smokefollowspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05390128032621439981noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1166350042688677662006-12-17T02:07:00.000-08:002006-12-17T02:07:00.000-08:00the worst show I have ever seen....not faulting ac...the worst show I have ever seen....not faulting actors who put on a valient effort.......ma terial was pretentious and obnoxious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1160242887345273182006-10-07T10:41:00.000-07:002006-10-07T10:41:00.000-07:00Maybe the Merc was actually to them a favor by hol...Maybe the Merc was actually to them a favor by holding it back a week?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1160084202793042322006-10-05T14:36:00.000-07:002006-10-05T14:36:00.000-07:00Hold on, there. The review didn't run "just before...Hold on, there. The review didn't run "just before the show closes." It had at least half a dozen performances to go, and so many shows never get reviewed at all that something is better than nothing . . . usually. In this case, that may be highly debatable, but I'm sure many shows would love to get reviewed with as many performances as "Secondhand Smoke" had/has when the Mercury ran its piece. IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1160071830821042912006-10-05T11:10:00.000-07:002006-10-05T11:10:00.000-07:00The point of reviewing a show just before it close...The point of reviewing a show just before it closes is lost on me, especially if the reviewer has nothing to say beyond "I didn't like it." The review made no attempt to understand the piece, no comment on the success (or lack thereof) of the production, and was written with no understanding of the author or the company's prior work. Uneducated criticism is of no use to anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1160061968891834752006-10-05T08:26:00.000-07:002006-10-05T08:26:00.000-07:00Sorry, but I just think that particular reviewer i...Sorry, but I just think that particular reviewer is a middlebrow dumbass. Sometimes there's no other way to put it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1160061215775362132006-10-05T08:13:00.000-07:002006-10-05T08:13:00.000-07:00I haven't seen this particular show yet, but I hav...I haven't seen this particular show yet, but I have to say I agreed with Followspot about the previous Mac Wellman shows they did. A little befuddled and even annoyed at the time of watching, but found that the experience stuck with me and continued to grow long after. Again, haven't seen the latest one yet. I would even go so far as to say that, a couple of weeks after each production, my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1160030977211901662006-10-04T23:49:00.000-07:002006-10-04T23:49:00.000-07:00The ol' "didn't understand" dismissal. Boo hoo.The ol' "didn't understand" dismissal. Boo hoo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1160027472442241632006-10-04T22:51:00.000-07:002006-10-04T22:51:00.000-07:00Donnybrook #1: I thought it was the best written, ...Donnybrook #1: I thought it was the best written, most spot-on review I've read in a local rag in months. He took this kind of self-righteous work to the mat in an accurate and entertaining way. Bravo, I say! Bravo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1160002397680948262006-10-04T15:53:00.000-07:002006-10-04T15:53:00.000-07:00Not to start a big donnybrook, but is it possible ...Not to start a big donnybrook, but is it possible that the Mercury's review of this show could be any more, how shall we say, stupid? <BR/><BR/>I mean, my God, the guy admits he has to look up the meaning of avant garde and then spends the rest of the review telling us how the show isn't good avant garde when it's absolutely clear that he neither understands defunkt nor Welmann. *sproing!* Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1159028702448307432006-09-23T09:25:00.000-07:002006-09-23T09:25:00.000-07:00This is not easy theatre, but it's not meant to be...This is not easy theatre, but it's not meant to be. Go for the challenge. Defunkt does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1158604428831096942006-09-18T11:33:00.000-07:002006-09-18T11:33:00.000-07:00Fascinating. I am so impressed with defunkt. Thi...Fascinating. I am so impressed with defunkt. This is rugged, risky adventuring of the best kind.<BR/><BR/>Very different from most theatre in town.<BR/><BR/>Worth the effort to try out a different way of seeing.<BR/><BR/>For anyone tired of sitcom style hyper realism on stage - this show is for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1158478470174850792006-09-17T00:34:00.000-07:002006-09-17T00:34:00.000-07:00A fascinating study. Really unlike what anyone els...A fascinating study. Really unlike what anyone else in Portland does. Cheers for defunkt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1158477707157919662006-09-17T00:21:00.000-07:002006-09-17T00:21:00.000-07:00Go see this show! Secondhand Smoke encapsulates s...Go see this show! Secondhand Smoke encapsulates so much of what makes great theatre - the embodiment of complex and beautiful (bizarre and strange) text and movement, inventiveness that comes from the gut and is simultaneously whimsical and disturbing, humor, heartbreak, absurdity...thank you defunkt and everyone involved for a GREAT show!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com