Neal Brennan’s mix-and-match of styles manages to combine deadpan sensibility with shocking poignancy.
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Film Review: Genius, Undiminished — “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You”
There has never been a better time in America to reconsider the importance of television’s role in the political discourse.
Stage Review: Not much of a “Cakewalk”
An air of anachronism hangs over the ZSC production of Cakewalk, particularly regarding its treatment of racial and social issues.
Fuse Theater Review: “Choice” — Call Ghostbusters
It is hard to figure out just what playwright Winnie Holzman is up to in Choice: is this a supernatural sit-com?
Film Review: “Meet the Patels”—The Search for Married Bliss, The Indian Way
Does Meet the Patels ever go deeper than an amusing family comedy? It does for a time…
Theater Review: Peterborough Players’ “Born Yesterday” — The More Things Change …
Writing seriously about a play that might not be meant to be taken so seriously presents a risk, but the provocation embedded in the social message of Born Yesterday can’t be escaped.
Theater Review: “Out of Sterno” — Absurd to the Point of Distraction
Out of Sterno punches the same punchline far too often.
Film Review: “Adult Beginners” — Learning the Same Old Lessons
The comedy-tinged-with-drama touches on themes tackled by a bunch of recent indie movies that center on characters in their thirties and forties who feel like imposters in the world of adults.
Fuse Film Preview: Alec Guinness Films Galore at the Museum of Fine Arts
Not since the closing of Boston’s Exeter Street Theatre have so many of Alex Guinness’s classic films been available to be viewed on a local big screen.
Fuse Film Review: Chris Rock’s “Top Five” — Only Funny on the Fringes
Perhaps Top Five is Chris Rock’s penance for doing lucrative-paying voices for the insanely popular Madagascar animation franchise.