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Kimberly and I saw "Strangers, Babies" at Shotgun Players tonight. We never did figure out what was up with that punctuation. The only use of the phrase in the play seemed to be "Strangers' Babies" — so maybe the apostrophe just fell down.
Anyway, it was kind of an unpleasant play. Five scenes of a woman interacting with five different men — many of them in unpleasant and off-kilter ways. I was not enjoying it enough by the end of the second scene (which was the worst of them) that I thought about leaving.
Anyway, I stayed. The point of the play was to gradually unravel some secrets of this woman's past through very oblique (but mostly believable) dialogues. That part was very well done, and I gained some more respect for the writing after the play was over, when I realized that multiple people hadn't got it.
So, I didn't like it at the start, but I did like it at the end; that's the right arc.
Overall, it was interesting for its storytelling and its characters, but it was very much a story that was built around structure rather than the converse. Can't say I'd necessarily recommend it, though I don't regret buying the tickets & seeing it.
Anyway, it was kind of an unpleasant play. Five scenes of a woman interacting with five different men — many of them in unpleasant and off-kilter ways. I was not enjoying it enough by the end of the second scene (which was the worst of them) that I thought about leaving.
Anyway, I stayed. The point of the play was to gradually unravel some secrets of this woman's past through very oblique (but mostly believable) dialogues. That part was very well done, and I gained some more respect for the writing after the play was over, when I realized that multiple people hadn't got it.
So, I didn't like it at the start, but I did like it at the end; that's the right arc.
Overall, it was interesting for its storytelling and its characters, but it was very much a story that was built around structure rather than the converse. Can't say I'd necessarily recommend it, though I don't regret buying the tickets & seeing it.