By Ernest Kearney — Uncivil Correctness: Joan Rivers, Abbie Hoffman, Bin Laden, apparently, began as a class project and, unfortunately, it still feels like one.
On a garbage-strewn stage Madison Ashley Young comes out as Joan Rivers and manages a fairly good impression of the late comedian, but one that is unsteady at best. She does a good job of telling the tale of Rivers’ life but she undercuts the strength of her narrative by dashing offstage three times for very unnecessary costume changes.
Ali Abdullah portrays Bin Laden on the night that the Navy Seals finally brought justice to him. Abdullah’s segment has moments, such as Bin Laden enjoying kitten and cat videos from YouTube, but otherwise seems rather rambling.
His portion ends with a strong visual image, which I suspect was the springboard of the whole project. While a forceful image indeed, it doesn’t excuse the weakness of the overall piece.
The strongest segment of the evening is Steven Syzdio as Abbie Hoffman. Syzdio captures the innocence and outrage of Hoffman well and restricts his narrative to Hoffman’s early beginnings as a spokesman for the Yippie movement.
Don K. Williams is credited as the “supervising director.” I suggest more supervising in the future.
Mainly for an interesting choice of subject matter and on the strong back of Syzdio’s performance — a BRONZE MEDAL.
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Uncivil Correctness: Joan Rivers, Abbie Hoffman, Bin Laden
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