The theme was expressed long ago by John Keats, who closed his “Ode on a Grecian Urn” with the famous lines “Beauty is truth, truth beauty / Except when it isn’t true, but that’s cool too, as long as it works.”
Just kidding. Or maybe not.
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
September Theater Guide: Is It ‘Fake History’ or Is It Art?
The theme was expressed long ago by John Keats, who closed his “Ode on a Grecian Urn” with the famous lines “Beauty is truth, truth beauty / Except when it isn’t true, but that’s cool too, as long as it works.”
Just kidding. Or maybe not.
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Although this rundown features many upcoming performances, one stuck out to me especially, and that was the description for The Father (Florian Zeller). Live theater is one of those rare experiences that allows an audience to intricately experience another perspective or way of life. So with this focus on a man with dementia, it makes the audience experience that confusion along with him, and therefore, for us, can provide an almost educational, humbling experience. What is even more interesting to me though, is the fact that the physical environment also begins to shift as his story progresses. I'm sure you could follow the story only watching the actor pace about, but the fact that the creative team made the decision to rearrange furniture based on the scene (and probably more elements), allows for underlying themes to be pushed. It seems as though this play may begin as a realistic play, it transforms more into non-realism, and that lack of control is seemingly the major theme in Zeller's work. The physical environment reflects what is happening in the man's own mind, and therefore, by furniture being out of place, it may remain representative of the fact that there is a lack of personal control you can have over everything.
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