Friday, March 2, 2007

American Buffalo at the Gate

Anne turned round and said “I’m dying to see what you say about this one on your website!”.. yes, with exclamation mark.

And Michele beat me to it by asking “Can I see your programme?.. see can I find out what that was all about…”.

And then we all got to discussing, I thought Bobbie was going to turn out to be the treacherous one, but did you notice that Teach hocked his watch…

All very allegorical… lots of dysfunctional rantings… undercurrents of human communication, friendship, betrayal and trust... cast in “you know, I came, what are you saying, will it rain today, do you think?..”… Waiting for Whom?.. earthy swearing and a shop trashed… the prodigious power of the human mind bent on stealing a nickel.

You see this review is a bit disjointed… all these “…”… not much happening, you would think… you may be right, you know?..

…but stick with it, let it seep into your mind, and mature, place yourself in the shoes of each of the characters in turn, including those off-stage. I think you will be rewarded.

So I've given it 4 stars, on reflection. What do ye think?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Don't know about nickels but it was all unalloyed pleasure... nothing but a nickel & dime storee... what now about Teach hocking his watch and being treacherous? No comprendo. Us thinks twas a blend of Waiting for Godot and Reservoir Dogs. We give it an average of ..... 3.5*! De & E