Tuesday, February 27, 2007
The Oresteia
New York Times: "In the last few years, David Johnston’s fertile imagination has run wild in a giddy comedy about a pornographic comic strip (“Busted Jesus Comix”) and a supernatural fantasy featuring the Warhol superstar Candy Darling and the Roman Catholic activist Dorothy Day (“Candy & Dorothy”). So it comes as a surprise to see it somewhat shackled in his new retelling of Aeschylus’ “Oresteia,” which includes some of his trademark off-kilter sensibility but none of his familiar flights of fancy."
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I really wanted to go see this. Brian Johnston's work is amazing and so "fresh." Doc always talks about him and how he inspired him and the other day I looked him up to see what his deal was since I've never met him. I was thoroughly impressed and I'll definitely look out for his work.
This is obviously a very interesting way of handling "The Oresteia" that I wouldn't mind seeing just to see how he handled it all. I'm always interested in this modern adaptations of classic theatre that seem so off-kilter that it doesn't even feel like the original show.
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