The Flick

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In a rundown movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees sweep up popcorn in the empty aisles and tend to one of the last thirty five millimeter projectors in the state With keen insight and a ceaseless attention to detail, The Flick pays tribute to the power of movies and paints a heartbreaking portrait of three characters and their working lives A critical hit when it premiered Off Broadway, this comedy, by one of the country s most produced and highly regarded young playwrights, was awarded the coveted 2013 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, an Obie Award for Playwriting and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. New Read The Flick [ By ] Annie Baker [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr When will I ever learn I should know by now that the Pulitzer Prize for Drama might as well be a Razzie Award for really dumb plays Proof won the Pulitzer, a play in which the protagonist learns that whereas a mathematical conjecture requires proof, love requires trust Wow Hallmark cards have the same level of wisdom at a cheaper price August Osage County won a Pulitzer That had a real shocking incest revelation Well, fine, it s heartening to know that playwrights still think their jaded When will I ever learn I should know by now that the Pulitzer Prize for Drama might as well be a Razzie Award for really dumb plays Proof won the Pulitzer, a play in which the protagonist learns that whereas a mathematical conjecture requires proof, love requires trust Wow Hallmark cards have the same level of wisdom at a cheaper price August Osage County won a Pulitzer That had a real shocking incest revelation Well, fine, it s heartening to know that playwrights still think their jaded audiences in this age of sexual anarchy will be shocked by incest, but in the history of drama, incest revelations are a hackneyed trope and in the 2,500 years since Sophocles have long since become a hallmark of very lazy writing.And now The Flick, a play about three people doing minimum wage work at a Movie Theatre with its...This play surprised me in how much I enjoyed it I m not a big fan of reading plays, but I m wending my way through reading all the women Pulitzer works, so this came up on my list Something about the immediacy of the conversations in a very imaginable work place, among very real and normal people that we can all picture interacting with if not working alongside pulled me in right away and made this an easy read There is plenty of foreshadowing and symbolism to be found for those who want to g This play surprised me in how much I enjoyed it I m not a big fan of reading plays, but I m wending my way through reading all the women Pulitzer works, so this came up on my list Something about the immediacy of the conversations in a very imaginable work place, among very real and normal people that we can all picture interacting with if not working alongside pulled me in right away and made this an easy read There is plenty of foreshadowing and symbolism to be found for those who want to get into an academic analysis, but the story is somehow, quietly, great on its own Work conversations reveal timeless, but not worn out feeling themes of friendship, unrequited love, sexuality, surprising loyalties, betrayals, and the march of progress Somehow this all fits into a play without overloading the flow and aura It s strange to me, because while Baker s work is not a high glamour adventure, it comes off as having a profound depth when you shut the cover and reflect on the experience ...This play is amazing I didn t realize Baker also wrote The Aliens, which I loved the first act of and which the second act seemed like a long drawn out denouement The Flick delivers and seems to have learned from this, as it is simply great from start to finish.The Flick takes place in a single screen movie theater in a small town, inside the theater The three characters are employees here Sam, 35 Avery, 20 and Rose, 24 Sam has worked at the theater the longest, has been passed over for a This play is amazing I didn t realize Baker also wrote The Aliens, which I loved the first act of and which the second act seemed like a long drawn out denouement The Flick delivers and seems to have learned from this, as it is simply great from start to finish.The Flick takes place in a single screen movie theater in a small town, inside the theater The three characters are employees here Sam, 35 Avery, 20 and Rose, 24 Sam has worked at the theater the longest, has been passed over for a promotion to the projection booth, and is given the task of training Avery in cleaning the theater after every show Their conversations they have whil...Wow, okay I m still trying to formulate my thoughts about this play because I enjoyed it so much It s incredibly thought provoking and harrowing in its representation of mental illness and race even though the mentions are subtle I absolutely adored Avery as a character, in fact, I loved all of the characters Each one was carefully crafted and incredibly diverse, even if I didn t necessarily like them as people Annie Baker really understands the nuances of how people talk and act with one Wow, okay I m still trying to formulate my thoughts about this play because I enjoyed it so much It s incredibly thought provoking and harrowing in its representation of mental illness and race even though the mentions are subtle I absolutely adored Avery as a character, in fact, I loved all of the ...Saw this play this weekend At first, I was highly concerned with the director s choice to incorporate prolonged silences into the work But, upon reading excerpts of the play, it seems these were all prescribed by the playwright, turning the work into three hours of tedium The characters were disjointed and not compelling Also, if the theme was...I need to remember that, just because something won a Pulitzer Prize or was nominated for one or something, that s how it was recommended to me , doesn t make it worth reading Or even good, for that matter I ...3 very different people working together in a one screen theater which is falling apart struggle to understand themselves and each other The movies they love act as a foil for the life they re living, both exposing their performance and providing a map of sort.Wow No What is this play even.It does have exactly one good audition monologue, of the spliced variety, for an actress who can convincingly play early 20s Not much other than that It s not atrocious, just disjointed, and definitely not into exploring any of the ...It s a quick read and an interesting concept, but definitely one I will have to wrestle with before I get it

The Flick
  • English
  • 10 October 2017
  • Paperback
  • 177 pages
  • 1559364580
  • Annie Baker
  • The Flick