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A Delicate Balance’: absurd fun
It could be, though, that the
first act is primarily setup for
absolutely thrilling second and
third acts.
As a theater student here at
Clackamas, my review may be
seen as automatically biased.
But it gives me a perspective
on the play most do not pos
sess: I know these actors. I’ve
seen them perform. I’ve per
formed with them. I know what
they’re capable of. And still,
somehow, they surprised me.
The second and third acts
reeled me in like the most gull
ible of fish. These were not
the people I knew. These were
Agnes, Tobias, Claire, Julia,
Harry and Edna. They took a
person accustomed to seeing
the seams of a play, knowing
how things were done and what
all the tricks were, and they
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Vn equal amount of patience
1 practicality is required to
¿tain a number of conflict
relationships in the theater
artment’s presentation of
yard Albee’s “A Delicate
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Ls fate would have it, these
precisely the same qualities
hired to watch it.
The first act of opening night
enjoyable, but it seemed to
¡> on and on without end.
ether this was a temporary
np on the part of the actors,
Simply Albee’s advanced
ling assaulting an audience
[prepared for its complexity
pins unclear.
fooled me.
For those whose job it is to
lie,'and lie convincingly, there
is no greater achievement.
With that in mind, I suspect
the lackluster first act is simply
due to my inability to under
stand Albee’s writing straight
off. It takes a little time for the
mind to adjust, unless one has
read the play in advance.
So I, for one, will be Seeing
the play again. Modern culture
accepts the notion of movies
that must be seen more than
once to fully grasp. Why, then,®
should that standard not be
applied to plays?
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