Chicago Reader: Stupid F@*#ing Bird is my kind of play—the kind that plumbs the depths of despair as if it were a vaudeville skit. “I’m in mourning for my life,” says Mash, quoting a line straight out of Chekhov’s The Seagull. Presented by Bluebird Arts and directed by Luda Lopatina Solomon, not every line is directly translated from the Russian play which inspired playwright Aaron Posner’s rendition.
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I am really interested to see Stupid Fucking Bird at some point, it sounds really interesting. I love plays that have this sort of dark satire that is described here. People often take plays that have nothing to do with the current landscape or especially shouldn't have something to do with the current landscape and add in a take on it. Plays that have that as a purpose however can be very impactful. Somewhat recently I saw a take on Godspell where they were trying to make it about something very current and with the way that it was done it sort of lost a lot of the impact that Godspell has. Godspell certainly has a lot that you can use to create a very impactful message but it's extremely different when the play is designed as this sort of dark comedy from the ground up as opposed to modified.
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