"Flat" might be too critical -- I was on my way out the door, mentally speaking.
I think I was expecting to feel more of something by the end -- more horror, or affection, or amusement -- and instead events just more or less reset themselves, which is a perfectly reasonable ending for farce. I haven't read the source material, but I assume that's part of the original story.
If I'm going to witness suffering, I guess, even farcical suffering, I want it to mean something, even if the point is just that suffering doesn't mean anything.
But farce and I don't generally get on, which is why I was pleased to enjoy this so much.
I did laugh throughout, and I thought the lead actor did a good job of humanizing the story through his performance.
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Date: 2017-04-19 02:07 am (UTC)I think I was expecting to feel more of something by the end -- more horror, or affection, or amusement -- and instead events just more or less reset themselves, which is a perfectly reasonable ending for farce. I haven't read the source material, but I assume that's part of the original story.
If I'm going to witness suffering, I guess, even farcical suffering, I want it to mean something, even if the point is just that suffering doesn't mean anything.
But farce and I don't generally get on, which is why I was pleased to enjoy this so much.
I did laugh throughout, and I thought the lead actor did a good job of humanizing the story through his performance.
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