He goes through a long list of positive details about her physique. Men always do this, layer their true feelings, especially about women being psychotic, under layers of "irony", "absurdity", and "jokes" just say you hate women………. I go nuts if I still break out on my chin or anything, carry tweezers in my purse, and I'm not even, like, all crazy about it like a lot of my friends are... and every one of them, the ones that I've called, at least, they all said to dump him. And then has the audacity to say "Women, huh? At BYU he also met actor Aaron Eckhart, who would later play leading roles in several of his films. Please fill this form, we will try to respond as soon as possible. For me, the only glaring negatives regarding the District Theatre's production of reasons to be pretty were the all-too-long scene changes as actors carried set pieces on and off the stage. Neil LaBute character: "Umm... shit, man, I dunno / Fuck, all I'm trying to... uh... she's a bitch, okay? You can ask why forever and there are no answers, some people are just really not in touch with any kind of moral core, and they are making decisions based on total selfishness and narcissism, but they don't think that that's what they're doing! And, although it is possible that this is an intentional choice in the writing intended to point out some larger societal problem, I think that's kind of a stretch. Reasons to be pretty runs at the District Theatre (1611 Second Avenue, Rock Island) through July 7, and tickets and more information are available by calling (309)235-1654 or visiting. The person you love can move on without you. He has since formally left the LDS Church.
Though the play's two couples + relationship conflict = drama formula is a tried and true one, Reasons to Be Pretty excels by having the aforementioned awesome (and often brutal) dialogue and by hosting a cast of blue collar characters. Loading... You have already flagged this document. Greg, sin entrar en el juego, dice que no le importa; que quizás su novia, Steph, tenga una cara "regular", pero que aún así no la cambiaría ni por un millón de dólares. The film won the Filmmakers Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival, and major awards and nominations at the Deauville Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Awards, the Thessaloniki Film Festival, the Society of Texas Film Critics Awards and the New York Film Critics Circle. LIKE GOD YOU CAN WRITE PAGES AND PAGES ABT MEN GOING ON ABOUT THIS 23 YEAR OLD WHAT ABOUT THE WHOLE FUCKING CENTER OF THIS PLAY?! She wants to be with someone who sees her as beautiful. In this essential new American play, Neil LaBute concludes his brilliant and penetrating "Reasons" trilogy with perfect clarity and enormous heart, capturing and refracting that moment in his characters' lives—and in our own as well—when they finally land on a "pretty good" version of asons To Be Pretty Happy had its world premiere at MCC Theater in a benefit reading that featured Paul Rudd, Amber Tamblyn, Norbert Leo Butz, Jennifer Mudge and was directed by Neil LaBute. April 27, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. He is crude, down-to-earth, and believes that his life is better than perfect. It was nominated for three Tony Awards (Best Play, Best Leading Actress, and Best Leading Actor). Just as they start to makeup, Greg arrives to hang out and read a book. Interesting look into a slice of American life.
The play focuses on a woman whose friend overhears the woman's boyfriend talk about a new "hot" co-worker, and says of her that she is basically "ugly" in comparison. When Grace lets slip her opinions on her girlfriend Steph's looks, their relationship spirals out of control. En una charla entre amigos, Kent le comenta a Greg que cierta nueva compañera de trabajo es hermosa. After his admission, Steph storms out of the room. LaBute also did graduate work at the University of Kansas, New York University, and the Royal Academy of London. It's weird, because as I was reading this, I had the impression that Neil LaBute may be getting script inspiration from Maury Povich, but then I also saw the germs of actual interesting good ideas in the play and thought that maybe a (sorry Neil) better playwright would read this and craft something really tragic and amazing. I loved all the characters and grew to love Carly the pregnant police officer. Act One of Reasons to Be Pretty concludes with Greg's realization that his relationship is not the only one that has fallen apart.
However, Chumbley's initially two-dimensional performance morphs into a movingly nuanced one as her now-pregnant Carly pleads with Greg to tell her if Kent, her husband, is cheating on her. Displaying 1 - 30 of 118 reviews. Pairing Kelly Lohrenz and Chris Causer as leading couple Steph and Greg was a smart choice, as they share a sincere chemistry that lends a believability to their stage relationship. These changes in settings do not affect the flow of the production nor weaken the message that is trying to be conveyed. Scene Two Greg hangs out with Kent, recounting his fight with Stephanie. Retrieved from Bradford, Wade. " Now I think I'd like to be in this play. She is the one who gossiped to Steph about Greg's conversation, regarding her "regular face. " The play takes place in the present somewhere in the suburbs. There's something touching about a character struggling to describe the color of a woman's eyes, and coming up with the color of a crayon from ".. one of those bigger cartons, like, sixty-four colors, with the sharpener in it. My first, Fat Pig, felt too fast while Reasons to Be Pretty spend along with energy with overlapping dialogue and even the way this play started had the reader thrown into the moment. Hvor voldelig hun er.
In 2000 he wrote an off-Broadway play entitled Bash: Latter-Day Plays, a set of three short plays (Iphigenia in orem, A gaggle of saints, and Medea redux) depicting essentially good Latter-day Saints doing disturbing and violent things. Sometimes, a friend or, like, some cousin of mine visited a few months back and she whispered to me at a family thing we were at, a barbecue, "God, he's cute. Human cruelty is a specialty of Neil LaBute - He finds the cruelty in the smallest gesture or off-hand phrase and amplifies it. Greg was such a sweetie and represented the common man-who though has his flaws is lovable and willing to own up for his mistakes.
She then pulls out a letter from her purse. STEPH I really do feel that, that I'm not this person who gets off on looks or the more, like, physical side of men but when it's the other way around... [expletive], you know? Through their break-up and those ever eventful post-breakup encounters, Greg is forced to see the ideology of beauty in a new light along with observing how it influences his friend's relationship. Kent es un misógino exagerado casi hasta lo inverosímil. Along with honesty, heart, and the much needed speed, this play would eventually be a pleasure to witness.
It would obviously be much better staged. Like damn bitch why you gotta be throwing pans at someone's head that's straight up not okay. My biggest issue is that I didn't care enough about Greg, our protagonist. Just right there, my boyfriend, who's over at the grill and laughing and making burgers for all of us... and he was, too. This play by LaBute consists only of four characters: Greg (a young good-looking guy), Greg's girlfriend Steph (who is plain-looking), Greg's friend and co-worker Kent (good-lucking), and Kent's wife Carly who is Steph's good friend (and also very good-looking). I can't stress enough how great these LA Theatre Works performances are. But they are, and that's what is makes them interesting in the way that train wrecks and fires and general human misery can be interesting. And LaBute's preface also struck quite a chord. And the relationships were heartbreaking. All four of these twenty-something folks in this play talk about beauty; they are all working class, they're young, immature, they fail to fully appreciate other qualities in the opposite sex, they are shallow and mostly unlikable, especially the guys, as is LaBute's usual approach, it seems. She sets the conflict in motion, spreading gossip about Greg's supposedly true feelings. She thinks about this for a moment, mulling over what she's just said. Maury Phillips/Getty Images Literature Plays & Drama Play & Drama Reviews Basics & Advice Playwrights Monologues Best Sellers Classic Literature Poetry Quotations Shakespeare Short Stories Children's Books By Wade Bradford Wade Bradford Theater Expert M. A., Literature, California State University - Northridge B. To be honest, that's refreshing and its not just the performance that warrants it but its blatant in its writing as well.
Characters speak very realistically which is good but also sometimes awkward. The setting changes during the play and there are five places in which the play is demonstrated through. You're Reading a Free Preview. Actually yes i do in this WHOLE PLAY there's not ONE scene with just two women. La conclusión, el monólogo de Greg, viene a decirnos precisamente eso. I guess that could be part of the message the playwright was trying to convey, by making the characters seem as real and normal as possible, but I wasn't a fan of this portrayal. A lot of commentary about beauty standards and how people feel about their faces - overall a beautiful story. Overall, a good drama about relationships, slightly tarnished by the bluntness with which the author tries to convey his message. I am realizing as I write this that his work is adding up to a series of after school specials that have swears in them. Born in Detroit, Michigan, LaBute was raised in Spokane, Washington. Those places are Greg and Steph's apartment, the workplace of Greg, Kent and Carly, the local mall, and a restaurant. At the end of the scene, Kent makes Greg promise not to reveal the affair to anyone (especially Steph or Carly). LaBute's gritty drama about the demise of a couple after the guy is overheard describing his girl as having a "regular"-looking face is loaded with sharp banter and realistic relationships that are less than perfect, and the show's dark humor is not lost on director Bryan Tank's cast. Kent reluctantly confides in Greg, admitting that he is having an affair with the "hot girl" at work.
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