http://chicagocritic.com/mud-people/ Latest Chicago Plays, Theatre Reviews, stage shows, Opera, Theater Tickets, music critiques, theatre articles, art beat Mon, 21 May 2012 18:37:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://chicagocritic.com/mud-people/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Eric Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:05:23 +0000 http://chicagocritic.com/?p=1945#comment-280 Unfortunately -- counter to your statement "I cannot imagine anyone leaving the theatre saying that they truly disliked it" -- not only did we leave saying preciesly that, this became the first play ever that I left at intermission and did not return. I can't blame the acting for that, however, as no one could have made that script worth sitting through. No one speaks purely in bad, backwoods colloquialisms. However, I do applaud that set, it was amazing. I just feel it was wasted -- as were some of the actors -- on this horrible script. Unfortunately — counter to your statement “I cannot imagine anyone leaving the theatre saying that they truly disliked it” — not only did we leave saying preciesly that, this became the first play ever that I left at intermission and did not return. I can’t blame the acting for that, however, as no one could have made that script worth sitting through. No one speaks purely in bad, backwoods colloquialisms. However, I do applaud that set, it was amazing. I just feel it was wasted — as were some of the actors — on this horrible script.

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