Tally's Folly
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This is an interesting play involving two characters that analyze the complexities behind love and relationships in which people struggle with on a normal basis. Both characters, Matt Friedman and Sally Tally, use shamanic techniques in their acting by basing their performances on social experimentation and protest. This is especially noticeable in Michael Brahce’s performance of Matt Friedman’s character. For example, he makes multiple metaphors about people. The most memorable metaphor he presented to the audience, for me, was his description of how people are like eggs. By having this “Humpty- Dumpty complex” people are scared to get too close to one another because we fear that we will crack our shells in the process. This idea of delicacy breeds mystery in all of our lives and these two characters illustrate the intense balancing act between the two separate entities. Matt Friedman’s character claims that, “Mystery is the spice of life,” which means that in the process of creating relationships we crack our shells and open ourselves up to others. The excitement we find in life is hidden behind the shells that encapsulate our personalities and the opportunities we will eventually be faced with. The two actors use strong dialogue and individualized charisma to portray the intended message behind their characters.
posted by Alan Norris @ 9:05 AM
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3 Comments:
Do you think that the actors themselves did much to relay the message that you said the play seemed to be emphasizing. I agree that the play itself does have a lot to say about relationships and about people’s ability to share themselves with one another. However, I feel like some of the message was lost due to the styles that the actors chose to deliver some of the more powerful lines. If the more powerful, key lines had been paced differently or even just emphasized differently I think that it would have helped tremendously.
I agree with Rebecca. While the play does have a lot of meaning between the lines, much of it did not come out during the performance. While I think that both actors could have done more to convey these thoughts I think that Sally's anger had the greatest affect. I think that Alan had it right when assessing the egg analogy, but I do not think that this was shown in the way that Averie played Sally. She did not open up until the very end of the play and even then it seemes as if she were holding something back.
I like the humpty dumpty complex that you bring up. There was a lot of hidden messages in this play, but I did not really view this play as being about a building of a relationship. There was definitely a lot about the struggle to open up with each other, Matt held back about telling his story of pre-WWI Europe, and, I agree with Dan, that Sally held back alot and seemed angry throughout the play until the end, where she goes through a transformation from anger to a more sensitive and open character.
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