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...filmmakers have gripping material on hand, and they make good use of it. They choose scenes that effectively highlight the quicksilver personality of Troy; moreover, they mix in just the right dose of other characters?? appearances to temper Troy’s intensity and provide outside perspective. The opening sequence—a montage of images recalling the heady success of landing the deal—is artfully done. Shortly thereafter, however, the time line of the story becomes unclear, and the deluge of names and faces is overwhelming. But that shortcoming is minimized by the ensuing drunken...
Fittingly, mirrors are a frequent motif in the production, as is symmetry. Images recur, often happening twice simultaneously, giving the effect of parallax. This device serves both to represent the situation’s independence of time, or to simulate the internal repetition in the characters?? minds of the painful events that transpire...
...stage versions (not to mention their real-life “versions”). The impersonations—including additional riotous send-ups of Salinger and Gwyneth Paltrow—rely only partly on an impressionistic array of Matt and Ben-esque gestures, mannerisms and speech rhythms: hence the characters?? delightful confusion over which is the highest form of flattery, “imitation” or “adaptation...
...Alan’s religion, despite its absurdity and to empathize with Dysart’s helplessness and envy. While the play’s moral—is normalcy really preferable to a fully lived life?—may be too pat, its presentation of the characters?? lives and explorations is honest and unsparing, providing tiny details—Alan’s mother thinks a portrait of Christ going to Calvary is a bit too gory but doesn’t want to stop her son from hanging it up; the lawyer who wishes Dysart...
...audience experiences moments of scandalized amusement interspersed with unsentimental sympathy (the musical also treats loftier themes such as love lost and found), with a generalized envy of the actors and their vivaciousness. Their dynamic characters??which are more accurately described as character sketches—experience emotional highs and lows, yet retain a palpable zest for life despite an array of hinted-at trials and tribulations...