With all the plays, shows, and musicals that New York has to offer we decided to check out an off-off-broadway show last night called ‘Line’.
A broadway theater is one that holds 500+ people, and the more ‘offs’ in the title, the smaller the theater gets. This one held about 60 people. Though we’ve heard that off-off-broadway shows can be a bit dodgy, this one’s been running continuously for 31 years in New York (and 10 in Paris) so we thought we were on a sure thing.
Boy, were we wrong. It was weird. Really really weird. Offensive in parts. Annoying in others. And at 75 mins in length, it was about 60 mins too long.
The five characters were waiting in line and trying to scheme their way into first place. Some of them think they’re waiting for movie tickets, others for baseball tickets, and some are in line just because it seems like a popular thing to do.
The depths of deception, violence and anti-social behaviour that they sink to reminded me of things going on in the hurricane-devastated south at the moment.
I’d give the play 2/10. One point because nobody forgot their lines (as far as I could tell) and another because nobody fell off the stage. And if you think that’s harsh, the gerrod.com rating is 1/10. How could so many people have been so wrong for 31 years?
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Maybe the people keep joining the line for tickets thinking that it must be awesome if others are queuing up for it
Maybe the title of your article should be -<br><strong>"It’s a fine line between pleasure and pain"</strong>
Perhaps someone has gone to see it and commented to someone else on how bad it is, then they go and see it because they think it can’t possibly be that bad, but it is and then they tell someone else about this awful show that they’ve seen…and so the vicious cycle continues?! Or maybe it’s just that there are a lot of people with bad taste in N.Y. and Paris!!
All good, plausible suggestions!
And as for yours, Yo-hanna (hehehehe), let me make this clear. It is dreadful. I have three eye-witnesses who would be willing to testify that it was dreadful. If you feel inclined to join the queue (correction ‘line’), first consult with one of them!