tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post5451478334283165059..comments2023-06-04T11:38:40.921-04:00Comments on words / myth / ampers & virgule: Octavio Solis's Lydia at Yale RepDick Margulishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10169512038331158003noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-57038036977848576382009-03-25T10:58:00.000-04:002009-03-25T10:58:00.000-04:00I have seen only two productions at Yale Rep and t...I have seen only two productions at Yale Rep and they were LYDIA and THE EVILDOERS. I agree with your take on both plays; loved LYDIA hated EVILDOERS. I actually left THE EVILDOERS angry because I felt it was almost willfully bad. Anonymous thinks LYDIA was lurid? No, lurid would be an unmotivated tongue biting.<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed your blog and look forward to seeing more risk taking at Yale Rep.<BR/><BR/>Michael R. McGuireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-56588868864555478662009-03-01T17:01:00.000-05:002009-03-01T17:01:00.000-05:00Dear Anonymous 1 and Anonymous 2 (if you're indeed...Dear Anonymous 1 and Anonymous 2 (if you're indeed separate individuals).<BR/><BR/>A difference of opinion is fine. As I've stated before, I'm not a professional theater critic. I'm a Yale Rep subscriber with a blog, and I sometimes post my own opinions of productions there. I'm entitled to my opinion, you're entitled to your opinion, and the world is richer for having access to all of them. <BR/><BR/>But the thing is, I sign my reviews. I'm happy to post anonymous comments, but I don't give a lot of credence to people who are not willing to stand behind their pronouncements.<BR/><BR/>If your problem is some technical glitch with blogger that forces you to post anonymously, that does not stop you from including your name in your post. With no name, you're indistinguishable from a troll or from someone who has personal animus toward the playwright.<BR/><BR/>I went through a long dialogue with an anonymous commenter who was impassioned in his defense of David Adjmi, but for all I knew, that was Adjmi himself, or a friend or lover of his, rather than a disinterested reviewer who just happened to disagree vehemently with me.Dick Margulishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10169512038331158003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-61057576227650579422009-03-01T16:44:00.000-05:002009-03-01T16:44:00.000-05:00'Lydia' is godawful. Lurid, overwrought melodrama ...'Lydia' is godawful. Lurid, overwrought melodrama tarted up with psychosexual pretension. Stephanie Beatriz, however, is an actress to watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-84967633374957942242009-02-24T23:31:00.000-05:002009-02-24T23:31:00.000-05:00I thought the play was terrible, It beat us over t...I thought the play was terrible, It beat us over the head with tired stereotypes. The plot went nowhere, events happened for no logical reason, and the ending was terrible. The sometimes bad accents made it worse. At least some of the actors were good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com