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Not being much of a moviegoer, I’m late to the BIRDMAN party. But it’s still on, and oh what a feast of drama awaits. For theatre people, all those shots of the interior of the St. James – and especially with an audience – are pretty thrilling. But what really impresses is the relentless burning fuse of a story that must be told.
Going to the theatre should feel just like this film. It should be sharp, a bit nasty, edgy, impolite and downright scary. It should be exciting, shocking, upending. It should even be life and death.
Compare that to what you often get instead. Cue the crickets and the senior citizen daycare orderlies.
Writers take note. Make your plays this entrancing and funny and human – and they’ll actually get produced.
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