THE MEN
Sun, 24 Aug 2003, 10:16 pmWalter Plinge5 posts in thread
THE MEN
Sun, 24 Aug 2003, 10:16 pmI saw this show at the SunMoon Function Room Scarborough last Friday night. I was deeply moved.
This is a somewhat static play - hardly any dialogue either - more a series of interconnected monologues really. Not vagina monologues though.
Chris Dickins' (any relation to Barry?) clever and colourful script came vividly to life under the direction of the multi-talented Grant Malcolm and through the artistry of four ordinary Aussie blokes. For this particular venue, the light and sound was very adequate and the costumes, while putting one in mind of the Wiggles gone pastel, were fabulous.
I defy any of you who call youselves baby-boomers to see this play and NOT identify with at least half a dozen of the images portrayed in it. As to relevance to our everyday lives, it is a 'must-see' for any man between the ages of 35 and 65, anyone who loves or hates such a man or anyone who likes plays where you can laugh and cry, sometimes both at once.
I understand this MensWork/Drinking Lizard production can be seen at various venues around town beginning Sunday 31 August as part of Men's Health Week. No doubt it will be heavily plugged elsewhere on this site. Well done, Grant, stage and house hands and MEN.
Thou dissembling common-kissing dewberry!
This is a somewhat static play - hardly any dialogue either - more a series of interconnected monologues really. Not vagina monologues though.
Chris Dickins' (any relation to Barry?) clever and colourful script came vividly to life under the direction of the multi-talented Grant Malcolm and through the artistry of four ordinary Aussie blokes. For this particular venue, the light and sound was very adequate and the costumes, while putting one in mind of the Wiggles gone pastel, were fabulous.
I defy any of you who call youselves baby-boomers to see this play and NOT identify with at least half a dozen of the images portrayed in it. As to relevance to our everyday lives, it is a 'must-see' for any man between the ages of 35 and 65, anyone who loves or hates such a man or anyone who likes plays where you can laugh and cry, sometimes both at once.
I understand this MensWork/Drinking Lizard production can be seen at various venues around town beginning Sunday 31 August as part of Men's Health Week. No doubt it will be heavily plugged elsewhere on this site. Well done, Grant, stage and house hands and MEN.
Thou dissembling common-kissing dewberry!
Re: THE MEN
Wed, 3 Sept 2003, 04:44 pmWalter Plinge
A revelation!!
Such a gutsy, bittersweet, confronting portrayal of where many
of our men are today... possibly a father, brother, son. A
penetrating, realistic look at father/son relationships, peer
pressure, mateship and the expectations of men from themselves and from society AND the living up to them. The end result performed convincingly by the 4 actors.
I encourage everyone to be a witness. Hope it will open the doors to
discussion and awareness of mens isssues, and better relationships between the "blokes". What I take home with me is the thought that these men were once boys...just like my son.
Such a gutsy, bittersweet, confronting portrayal of where many
of our men are today... possibly a father, brother, son. A
penetrating, realistic look at father/son relationships, peer
pressure, mateship and the expectations of men from themselves and from society AND the living up to them. The end result performed convincingly by the 4 actors.
I encourage everyone to be a witness. Hope it will open the doors to
discussion and awareness of mens isssues, and better relationships between the "blokes". What I take home with me is the thought that these men were once boys...just like my son.