| re: Totally agree | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 09:52 am EDT 10/21/24 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:49 am EDT 10/21/24 | |
| In reply to: re: Totally agree - bway1430 02:22 am EDT 10/21/24 | |
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| "But I can’t help feeling that Lloyd’s talent and that of his designers, let alone Scherzinger’s, would be better lavished on better material. Making “Sunset Boulevard” a hit again — the original Broadway production ran two-and-a-half years, grossing more than $100 million — is not so much an achievement as a stunt, like reanimating that dead chimpanzee. This seems presumptuous, smugly prescriptive, arguably beyond the critic's task for the Broadway audience. This director is compelled to give new readings to an infinite variety of genres. It's a signature: Lloyd's intention in his deconstructions is to excavate some underlying truth in disparate pieces of theatrical storytelling. His eclecticism is what makes his re-examinations fascinating. Green believes it's his job to point him toward "better" art; Lloyd seems interested in art's breadth and depth, stripping bare classics and populist entertainment alike. We don't have to agree with his stylization, but because his choices demonstrate range, he can't be pigeonholed. And certainly not inspired by a critic to work on the critic's preferred texts. Just my two cents. I have a knee-jerk revulsion when critics instruct interpretative artists to find superior work. |
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