REVIEW THAT REVIEW!
Kurt lives!! Kurt lives!! And apparently, so does his predilection for scorching the Strib’s Rohan Preston. YOWCHERS!
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So, the first question is probably, “Where the hell have you been for four months, jerk?” Well, that’s a good one, and the answer is, well, nowhere. A better question is, “Why haven’t you been writing anything about the craptastic theater coverage in this town?” And my response to that is simply that no one on the critical side of theater has done or said anything especially interesting or stupid or breathtakingly retarded for quite a while. I was starting to lose hope.
But then I remembered that every silver lining has a cloud, and that cloud is almost always Rohan Preston — and he came out swinging with flying colors. (Did I mix enough metaphors there?)
Let’s add one to the “Did he really just say that?” file.
Rohan Preston, in his review of the newest Park Square show — made the following awe-inspiring comment:
A drama about genocide and torture does not have to be, well, torturous. But “Young Lady From Rwanda” is a difficult sit.
Wow. Really? You’re going to…oh, wait — you have more? Oh, this should be good.
The rest of the work is dry filler, and filler that trivializes an important subject.
It took me a few seconds to realize he wasn’t being self-referential. And then, he brings it home.
Imagine a play about writer’s block that uses the Holocaust as backdrop.
That would be awful, Rohan. Almost as awful as a theater review which compares the act of watching a boring play to Rwandan genocide and torture. I mean, I know Park Square isn’t the liveliest of places, but you’re just an asshole.
But thank you for the inspiration.
