| Jesse Green on SHOW/BOAT: A RIVER |
| Posted by: TheHarveyBoy 04:51 am EST 01/16/25 |
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I haven't seen the show, but this paragraph from Jesse Green's review in the NY Times sums up my feelings about such an endeavor:
"If a work is too objectionable to perform, don’t perform it. If you want to replace it with a new work told from a new and arguably more authentic perspective, do that. But the halfway treatment in this case feels like keeping the bath water and drowning the baby. As many more-faithful revivals have proved, what’s great about “Show Boat” is not really separable from what isn’t. Not even with the help of a sash or a slash." |
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Jesse Green's review of SHOW/BOAT: A RIVER |
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