Word: humorous
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Admittedly, when I first learned about the arrest of these three students some months ago, I was anything but distraught. I couldn’t help but see the humor in this role-reversal on the hackneyed, "Revenge of the Nerds" theme. In this case, surly, plainspoken officers of the law matter-of-factly foiled the scheming scholars’ painstakingly crafted plan. And it is initially hard to find fault in an arrest that might curtail future mass-scale "Star Wars" idolatry. I for one plan to flee this city and never return if the Beacon Hill monument...
...hackneyed little trick, true, but the scene still had a shot—until Kargman jumped up and corrected the student by slamming his head against the table. The bawdy physical humor just didn’t fit the sophisticated wit that distinguished the rest of the play...
...musical and dance numbers were punctuated throughout by comedic skits about a “typical” Indian family that walked the line between lambasting the idea of ethnic stereotypes and depending on those same stereotypes for their humor. Though occasionally amusing—thanks mostly due to the goofy appeal of the actors—these skits felt largely unnecessary...
That's about the only spot of humor in the script, by James Vanderbilt, whose widely circulated screenplay of Richard A. Clarke's Against All Enemies--yet to be made--is a model of compression and clarity. This one, with two main story lines (Toschi's official pursuit and Graysmith's amateur obsession) plus a character count in the high dozens and lots of leads that go nowhere, right up to the end, is necessarily a more sprawling affair. Yet it manages to be true to the complexity of the case while never losing cohesion or coherence...
...would think that, upon first viewing, it is difficult to appreciate such outrageous humor. My first Pudding show was HPT 156: "As the Word Turns". Perhaps I fell in love with the Pudding because my cultured palate had already had a long history with inappropriate humor at that point in time. But it is understandable to feel strong emotions after your first time: bewilderment, confusion, sometimes violation. I suggest Richard Beck return to Zero Arrow. Give it another go. Tell me if it doesn’t grow on you and, before you know it, you?...