Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Picnic
Pittsburgh City Paper: Duquesne University students are getting good experience performing an enduring, memorable American play. It's William Inge's Picnic, winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize. Evoking our culture of 60 years ago, Inge says so many timeless things so well that seeing this anew could be a revelation. Portraying unsophisticated, small-town people, Inge evokes strong, fundamental emotions underpinned by well-written backgrounds.
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This is one of those reviews that just kind of makes me wonder what the review is for. The author of this review talks about the characters of the play and the script for about 3/4 of the review. I realize that not everyone has read "Picnic" but it is a fairly well-known and respected play that has been put on many times, yet this critic feels the need to re-hash things, and re-affirm that this is indeed that it is a noteworthy play, then gives actual criticism on the production for a grand total of 4 sentences in the whole review. How about giving a decent criticism on the production as a whole so that they audience can know what their in for, while providing some constructive criticism the actors can build off of, since this author felt these actors could use "more training".
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