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Post by john on Jan 16, 2020 20:05:35 GMT
I saw this on my recent trip to London. I basically went because I have enjoyed other Bartlett plays. I bought the script so must read it when I get a chance.
I liked it but – I got the feeling that the audience was supposed to be more sympathetic to the younger characters, the alleged ‘snowflakes’, and I am not sure that I was.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 17, 2020 16:37:08 GMT
I saw this on my recent trip to London. I basically went because I have enjoyed other Bartlett plays. I bought the script so must read it when I get a chance. I liked it but – I got the feeling that the audience was supposed to be more sympathetic to the younger characters, the alleged ‘snowflakes’, and I am not sure that I was. I am in my early 40s and increasingly I just wanted the young girls to shut up being so annoying and self-centred. I didn't necessarily agree with the father's approach and the way he dealt with stuff but he had been through a lot of stuff too and I found myself siding more with (some of) his arguments than theirs. It felt like he had been badly treated by her too. Probably says more about me at this age than other audience members though  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 16:43:29 GMT
I’m mid fifties, I thought they were both equally right and wrong (I work with students so maybe that gives me a wider previous experience of the arguments).
The sad thing is how, in the wider view, this country has become so divided by age. Frankly, I see more in the young’s point of view of their future being stolen than my generation’s ‘don’t blame me’ attitude. The nation is in a very dangerous place, the election voting figures by age are just shocking.
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