Comments | demmed_elusive: From The New York Times

kiffie in demmed_elusive

From The New York Times

Jul 16, 2010 14:59

A fairly scathing review from the NY Times, with many unkind words about the stage production ( Read more... )

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kiffie July 17 2010, 01:34:31 UTC

...this feels like a turn of the century way of simply saying, "this sucked".

That's what it seems like to me, as well.

With an added hint of "I didn't understand it, so it sucked."

fadeintodawn July 17 2010, 03:00:25 UTC

That's a really fascinating piece, thanks for sharing! It's amusing how he insults the English play but talks up the American actors.

And who is this "Chaurelin" he writes about? :P

madeleinestjust July 17 2010, 13:31:04 UTC

Well, if the NYT is anything like The Times (London), I can quite understand this attitude! Far too low-brow, m'dears.

The play probably wasn't very good, but then the musical also had its critics, and was revamped numerous times - and that was ninety years later! I think TSP is just a guilty pleasure, and always has been, from the days when reading 'potboilers' was frowned upon, through to its cult readership today. It will always be one of my favourite books.