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clap for tinkerbell Most of what I know about the character Peter Pan comes from the Disney animated film version, so I have no idea what changes they might have made to the original story. This was the state of mind that I had going into seeing the movie Finding Neverland. I liked it, but there was very little doubt in my mind that I wouldn't, because both Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet are favorite actors of mine. ... I was used to the cadence of Albee dialogue having watched the Liz Taylor Richard Burton film version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf many times and from I saw tonight that style hasn't changed at all. Usually I don't focus so much on how the lines are being said, but more on what the lines are trying to say. In other words I am more concerned with the message itself than I am with the delivery of the message. The cast did a strong performance of the play, but the play itself doesn't really appeal to me. If anyone is curious, the main theme or plot element of "The Goat or Who is Sylvia?" is bestiality. There are four characters (a husband and wife, their son and a best friend of the parents). The father has "an affair" with a goat and the story goes forward from that point. From what I have read the "goat" is meant to be symbolic of any number of forbidden relationships, but I'm not sure if most people come away with that understanding. This was the final play of the 2004 - 2005 season and it ended on a relatively high note. Personally I would have preferred to see another performance of Cyrano that they did at the beginning of the season, because that one impressed me the most. ... National Geographic Adventure magazine introduced me to yet another site that I would never have thought of as a tourist destination. On both the cover and in the lead article, the magazine explains how and why Libya is the new place to see in Africa. One place in particular catch my attention. The ruined Roman city of Leptis Magna looks amazing and well worth the trip in going there. |