A film and a play
Sep. 14th, 2002 10:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ailbheLast night, Janice and I went to see The Importance of Being Earnest, which we wholeheartedly enjoyed. It was very different, but none the worse for that. I mean, I can only think, off-hand, of one major theme which was unexplored by the film - the complete inability of the upper classes to feel genuine passion - and even that isn't actually in the actual script, but only in every interpretation until this that I'm aware of.
Gwendolen was a genuine surprise, Cecily beautifully done, and Algy was so like a friend of mine that I was almost unable to think of him as Algy.
Today, we (Janice and I again) went with Dave to see The Lieutenant of Inishmore, which was again very funny, but I felt quite bad about laughing at parts of it; eventually it descended into absurdity and more onstage gore than I've ever seen in my life, and then it became entirely enjoyable. It's not for the politically correct, nor for those of delicate sensibilities, nor, quite probably, for anyone who isn't slightly twisted and fairly bitter. It will not be shown for 20 years - it's not an all-time great. But I'm glad I saw it. It had a cat who could genuinely act, and the lead was also the lead in I Went Down, a film I really quite like.
After that, we met up with Rob, who had been working all day (and all Friday evening, which is why he didn't come see Earnest with us) and ate dinner and came home and went to bed.
Gwendolen was a genuine surprise, Cecily beautifully done, and Algy was so like a friend of mine that I was almost unable to think of him as Algy.
Today, we (Janice and I again) went with Dave to see The Lieutenant of Inishmore, which was again very funny, but I felt quite bad about laughing at parts of it; eventually it descended into absurdity and more onstage gore than I've ever seen in my life, and then it became entirely enjoyable. It's not for the politically correct, nor for those of delicate sensibilities, nor, quite probably, for anyone who isn't slightly twisted and fairly bitter. It will not be shown for 20 years - it's not an all-time great. But I'm glad I saw it. It had a cat who could genuinely act, and the lead was also the lead in I Went Down, a film I really quite like.
After that, we met up with Rob, who had been working all day (and all Friday evening, which is why he didn't come see Earnest with us) and ate dinner and came home and went to bed.