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Misalliance is a play without plot. There is certainly no lack of satire in it, but the piece is ruined for the viewer if the cast and director make the mistake of reading too much into this lesser-known George Bernard Shaw masterpiece. Fortunately, the American Repertory Theater has, for once, refused to take itself too seriously, and its production of Misalliance reflects this admirable restraint. This is Shaw with the entertainment left...
...aviatrix, played by Candy Buckley, manages the part quite well, given the rather stereotyped "fearless Nadia" role that Shaw created for her. With her contempt for the romantic, her functional masculine clothing and her lithe, muscular body, she is not so much a character as a symbol of Shaw's perfect woman...
...Shaw's themes have been given greaterprominence in this production--the morality of sexand the "misalliance" between parents and theiroffspring. Shaw's emphasis on politics seems tohave been toned down, especially in therepresentation of the anarchical Julius Baker. Thedirector has given less importance to hissocialism than to his drunken revelry...
Although the pure conversation inMisalliance may seem boring as a concept,the absence of plot is redeemed by the wit andpersonality of the play. Misalliance is notthe deepest of Shaw's works. And while this lackof depth may keep the play over shadowed by someof Shaw's other writings, Misalliance is anintelligent work and surpasses plays such asMan and Superman and Major Barbarain entertainment value
During director Oliver Stone's visit earlier this month, gay and lesbian students also raised their voices. They charged that Stone's movie, JFK, equates homosexuality with evil by its overemphasis on and negative portrayal of the homosexuality of Clay Shaw and David Ferrie, two members of the alleged conspiracy to kill President John F. Kennedy...