[NEohioPAL]DELETE NOW: A Mike & Ike Satirical Review of CPT's "State of Siege."
Jeff Holland
profbobo at neo.rr.com
Tue May 27 12:12:47 PDT 2003
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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING REVIEW HAS A TERROR ALERT LEVEL OF ORANGE
IKE: Hey, limey, gotta joke for ya. How many French-Algerian =
philosophers does it take to bore me into a coma?
MIKE: We're going Les Miz again, aren't we?
I: Oh, yeah.
M: Oh, God. =20
I: Fasten yourselves in. It's gonna be a bumpy ride.
M: Production review?
I: Production review.
M: Excellent acting.
I: Masks got annoyin' after awhile. I was waitin' for people to die =
just so they'd take the damn things off.
M: I was waiting for them to die just because they were all annoying.
I: Save it.
M: Fine. The set is extremely theatrical (Which is not necessarily a =
bad thing) and can easily be sold intact to the next high school =
production of "Kiss Me, Kate."
I: The lights look cool in a freaked out Dario Argento kinda way, but =
the system was apparently hooked up to a bug zapper, so it went just =
slightly wobbly throughout the entire show, adding to the revulsion =
boilin' in my soul waitin' ta spill out and engulf the earth in =
blackness and despair.
M: Save it.
I: Fine.
M: Some of the movement of the piece was highly stylized, ranging in =
effectiveness from very cool to silly enough to make John Cleese proud.
I: And even I'll say it: the actin' was great.
PAUSE
M: Ready?
I: Since intermission.
M: Let's rock and roll.
MUTUAL DEEP BREATH
M: Albert Camus may have been a brilliant political journalist and =
philosopher, but as a playwrite he pretty much sucked a big weighty =
donkey dong. He may have had some extremely interesting and thought =
provoking concepts but, if this play is any indication, he had a great =
deal of trouble expressing them in dialogue that doesn't make you want =
to plunge chop sticks into your eardrums.
I: Imagine 1984 as written by Ed Wood.
M: In addition to writing painfully bad dialogue--taking a cue from =
Shakespeare--he writes quite a lot of it.
I: I was waitin' for them to die just so they'd SHUT UP!!!!! =20
M: So what we have is a bunch of characters you don't like, if for no =
other reason than they talk way too much, talking way too much about =
some pretty heavy issues. =20
I: Imagine Waiting for Godot as performed by Gilligan and the Skipper.
M:(Short pause) Ew.
I: Exactly.
M: Here's my major problem with the "play:" Theatre is supposed to =
create some kind of relationship between the cast and the audience. =
That's what makes it so different than cinema. There's a connection you =
cannot get with movies. I didn't get that connection at all. I felt =
like I was watching a film, a very long one that told me exactly how I =
was supposed to think and feel at all times even though that's exactly =
what it was preaching against.
I: I think the only way you're gonna really enjoy this thing is if you =
know before ya go in that you're about ta see a two hour, highly =
intellectual, highly overwritten rant against the blind stupidity of the =
human race, and you're cool with that. If so, great! Go, enjoy! This =
thing's gonna make ya cream your jeans. If, on the other hand, you're =
just in the mood for a fun night out, avoid it like a Yahoo Serious =
movie.
M: But the acting was quite good.
I: Yeah, it was.
PAUSE
I: God, I got the show stuck in my head now. I think I need to watch A =
Clockwork Orange again.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><STRONG>WARNING: THE FOLLOWING =
REVIEW HAS A=20
TERROR ALERT LEVEL OF ORANGE</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>IKE: Hey, limey, gotta joke for =
ya. How=20
many French-Algerian philosophers does it take to bore me into a=20
coma?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MIKE: We're going Les Miz again, =
aren't=20
we?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: Oh, yeah.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: Oh, God. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: Fasten yourselves in. =
It's gonna be=20
a bumpy ride.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: Production =
review?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: Production =
review.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: Excellent acting.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: Masks got annoyin' after =
awhile. I=20
was waitin' for people to die just so they'd take the damn things=20
off.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: I was waiting for them to die =
just because=20
they were all annoying.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: Save it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: Fine. The set is =
extremely=20
theatrical (Which is not necessarily a bad thing) and can easily be =
sold=20
intact to the next high school production of "Kiss Me, =
Kate."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: The lights look cool in a =
freaked out=20
Dario Argento kinda way, but the system was apparently hooked up to a =
bug=20
zapper, so it went just slightly wobbly throughout the entire show, =
adding to=20
the revulsion boilin' in my soul waitin' ta spill out and engulf the =
earth in=20
blackness and despair.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: Save it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: Fine.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: Some of the movement of the =
piece was=20
highly stylized, ranging in effectiveness from very cool to =
silly=20
enough to make John Cleese proud.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: And even I'll say it: =
the actin' was=20
great.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>PAUSE</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: Ready?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: Since =
intermission.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: Let's rock and =
roll.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MUTUAL DEEP BREATH</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: Albert Camus may have been a =
brilliant=20
political journalist and philosopher, but as a playwrite he pretty much =
sucked a=20
big weighty donkey dong. He may have had some extremely =
interesting and=20
thought provoking concepts but, if this play is any indication, he had a =
great=20
deal of trouble expressing them in dialogue that doesn't make you want =
to plunge=20
chop sticks into your eardrums.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: Imagine 1984 as written by Ed=20
Wood.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: In addition to writing =
painfully bad=20
dialogue--taking a cue from Shakespeare--he writes quite a lot of=20
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: I was waitin' for them to =
die just so=20
they'd SHUT UP!!!!! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: So what we have is a bunch of =
characters=20
you don't like, if for no other reason than they talk way too much, =
talking way=20
too much about some pretty heavy issues. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: Imagine Waiting for Godot as =
performed by=20
Gilligan and the Skipper.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M:(Short pause) Ew.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: Exactly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: </FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Here's=20
my major problem with the "play:" Theatre is supposed to create =
some kind=20
of relationship between the cast and the audience. That's what =
makes it so=20
different than cinema. There's a connection you cannot get with=20
movies. I didn't get that connection at all. I felt like I =
was=20
watching a film, a very long one that told me exactly how I was =
supposed to=20
think and feel at all times even though that's exactly what it was=20
preaching against.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: I think the only way you're =
gonna really=20
enjoy this thing is if you know before ya go in that you're about ta see =
a two=20
hour, highly intellectual, highly overwritten rant against the blind =
stupidity=20
of the human race, and you're cool with that. If so, great! =
Go,=20
enjoy! This thing's gonna make ya cream your jeans. If, on =
the other=20
hand, you're just in the mood for a fun night out, avoid it like a =
Yahoo=20
Serious movie.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>M: But the acting was quite=20
good.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: Yeah, it was.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>PAUSE</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I: God, I got the show stuck =
in my head=20
now. I think I need to watch A Clockwork Orange=20
again.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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