I saw The Drowned Man- it was my first Punchdrunk show and I spent quite a long time pondering my role as spectatory and feeling very weird about it and the way the masks made us feel like we were some how predators and the actors were prey but I think that's largely because I kept ending up following the characters who clearly had very shaky mental health so there was one moment when one of them women was running away in the wood and we kept closing in on her and it was WEIRD but awesome.
I had a much better time than the friend I went with though who couldn't get off the floor she ended up on and I think never quite got into it.
The repetitions were weird and fascinating too because of course it's a play so it's on every day but also some of the events happened 3 or 4 times.
Yeah, it is very weird! Uncomfortable, in a bunch of ways.
Yeah I saw the orgy twice, and one of the murders twice (apparently there is at least one other that I missed entirely!). And the way the show repeats within the show but you can't necessarily tell WHEN is really surreal.
I saw the orgy twice as well but only saw the murder (one of the murders) right at the end which actually worked really well.
This was what I said at the time and it's weird which bits have stuck with me (following the woman through the wood, watching the mime stare at himself in a mirror, the orgy scene) and which bits I'd forgotten until I read the review again (the travelling salesman, the medical)
Thankyou for linking that again - I THOUGHT I'd read stuff from someone but was totally blanking on details! It's very different to read again after being myself.
The mime dude was FREAKY. And I am glad you found the medical examination as creepy as I did.
I think you and Liz would both flip and you should totally come to England and visit it with me omg. :)
THE GOOD WIFE I CANNOT EVEN AND YES, OMG. I am feeling kind of bad for Will because it has sucked to be him, but he was just making SUCH BAD DECISIONS AND OH GOD. WHY DO WE NOT HAVE A NEW EPISODE YET. WHY.
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I think you might like the play a lot, if you find yourself with an evening free and feel physically up to some dashing about!
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I had a much better time than the friend I went with though who couldn't get off the floor she ended up on and I think never quite got into it.
The repetitions were weird and fascinating too because of course it's a play so it's on every day but also some of the events happened 3 or 4 times.
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Yeah I saw the orgy twice, and one of the murders twice (apparently there is at least one other that I missed entirely!). And the way the show repeats within the show but you can't necessarily tell WHEN is really surreal.
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This was what I said at the time and it's weird which bits have stuck with me (following the woman through the wood, watching the mime stare at himself in a mirror, the orgy scene) and which bits I'd forgotten until I read the review again (the travelling salesman, the medical)
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The mime dude was FREAKY. And I am glad you found the medical examination as creepy as I did.
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and The Good Wife. THE GOOD WIFE. Liz and I watched it CRINGING THROUGHOUT. What is going to happen? Is Will ever going to be less of a TOTAL DICK??
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THE GOOD WIFE I CANNOT EVEN AND YES, OMG. I am feeling kind of bad for Will because it has sucked to be him, but he was just making SUCH BAD DECISIONS AND OH GOD. WHY DO WE NOT HAVE A NEW EPISODE YET. WHY.
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