Word: plot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fumbles and penalties wreaked havoc in Eliot's opener, a scoreless tie with Quincy. (By the by, both teams are unscored upon). The plot was similar in the first quarter against Mather, before QB Frank McCann decided enough was enough...
With The Talisman, though, the fun of the plot becomes confused with the characters' politics. The coffin-nappers here are not simply crooks looking for a big haul, but political protesters, holding one national symbol for the ransom of another--but very different--symbol. The trouble is that just as the book is too serious to be taken as light fiction, it is too outrageous to be taken seriously by anyone...
...novelty of the contrast quickly wears off as the subjugation of Theresa becomes progressively uglier. She throws herself into cocaine-sniffing, prostituting herself for the thrill of the act, and blowing off Morrissey out of sheer spite. The schoolteacher identity is tossed away in the process, and while the plot occasionally returns to the classroom setting for a change of pace, the movie ultimately degenerates into an orgiastic display of violence and wanton sex that approaches the Dornographic...
STONE DEVELOPS the main story dealing with Birsh better than he does the maintenance workers', but the latter plot gains plausibility in the second act. At this point the two stories merge, leaving the audience with a clearer understanding of both. Throughout this development, Stone's characterizations hold the plot together during the weak scenes and elevate it during the stronger ones...
Over all, the plot troubles and characterizations balance out in the play's favor, and the script's originality gives both a better footing. Though the play is not generally funny it has a few clever lines, especially its closing one. With Tobie and Punk, Stone shows he has an understanding for embittered escapists and just needs to develop and flesh out his ideas. And most of all, he and his cast take up the challenge of the bizarre and emerge' the better...