Life can be overwhelming sometimes. Especially in the Fall. As theatre people, Fall is usuallyour busiest time and we are all finishing planning our seasons and trying tobook our final Spring shows. So, it has taken me a while to write about thisplay I saw a couple weeks ago called “Dirty” out at The Gift.
Not because I didn’t like it. I, in fact, REALLY liked it.The acting is great.
But here's the thing: This kid Michael Patrick Thornton has it all going on forhim. He is a handsome TV star, so he doesn’t care what I think about it. TomHickey is in it, and he is always awesome, so HE doesn’t care what I think. Thegreat Jon Berry directed, and the now hugely popular Andrew Hinderaker wroteit, so they could care less about my opinion, so it makes it harder for me toeven get into it, because these 4 dudes are at the fucking TOP OF THE GAME.
You all know it, too. You KNOW this play is good. It is anact too long. The story gets a little too complicated…whatever. It’s awesomeand you all know it already without even seeing it.
The play is about making porno movies. See, the main couplelikes to watch porno movies. The dude (Thornton) is unhappy with his life as astock broker or something and his wife (the robust and comely Hillary Clemens) is astruggling…I wanna say…Not-For-Profit…Women’s shelter worker? Something likethat. So the guy decides he hates his job and wants to start a porno moviecompany. The wife says she will help, but they have to have rules about themovies they make. No schoolgirl fantasies, nobody under 25, basically she doesn’twant these movies to have anything in them that makes you want to watch aporno.
If it was up to ladies, all of our porno movies would bemiddle aged women getting butt massages from Adrian Brody in a cake factory.
So this broad tries to get Mike Thornton to get down withthis idea and of course he says yes because if your wife is letting you makeporn, you have to agree to her rules, no matter how stupid they may be.
So then this lady (the Guatemalan and electrifying MouzamMakkar) shows up who wants to be in the porno movies and she is only 20 yearsold.
Then it gets super complicated.
All the actors are awesome, of course. You know it and I know it. They are all probably better than you are.
Michael Patrick Thornton. Do you know about this guy? Ofcourse you do. He’s great. His best quality though, is that he acts like hedoesn’t care if anyone is there watching or not. Super relaxed, very casual.That is a cool trait to have in this city of stupid improvisers who cry if youdon’t laugh at them because something went terribly wrong in their home life.
Anyway, you already want to see it, so go already. It is avery, very good play.
A+
-Anderson Lawfer, Eric Roach
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