Reviews for Talk

The average rating for Talk based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-08-15 00:00:00 Sydney Edwards 3.5 stars; rounding up for the sheer density of ideas. For the most part, a lush, dizzying work that effortlessly blends intellectualism with sensuality, keeping the audience off-kilter intellectually and emotionally throughout. My one problem (and it's a substantial one) is with the two female characters. When they talk about their own life and work on its own, good. Fine. When they talk about themselves in relation to men? No. No no no. I hate to break it to Mr. Rux (and the rest of mankind), but women do not walk around the world thinking of themselves as "incomplete" without men. We do not consider our lives' work insignificant or unfinished without a man in it. We do not go through our lives thinking, "This amazing thing I did means nothing unless I have a man to share it with!" And yet that is how the two female characters in Talk talk about their sexual and romantic lives, and it's a damned shame, because it jars; a moldy apple plopped in the middle of the otherwise perfect bushel of this play.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-10-18 00:00:00 Bruce Wessler A masterpiece in the history of Theatre...how can one put into words all the feelings that come to surface when you read The Crucible? What makes it even more shuttering, is the fact that it has always been relevant to any era, because it represents the fear in front of something we cannot understand, and the need to create witch-hunts in order to cover up our own faults as human beings and as members of our socities. John Proctor is the Everyman, he stands for every human being that is -rightfully- afraid in front of the face of an inhuman justice, being torchured over imaginary faults and mistakes. What elevates him to greatness, though, is his fight with himself and the way he wins it over, desperately battling to preserve his honour, his ''name''. ''I have given you my soul, leave me my name!'' is the ultimate cry for respect and understanding in a society that has lost all elements of compassion. I wonder, is our time so very different than those by-gone eras? Are we more understanding now, more open-minded? Do we find the respect we ask for? Do we earn it? I fear we won't like the answer...