Comments on: The River is Rising http://www.pcs.org/blog/the-river-is-rising/ This is Your Blog On Theater Fri, 16 May 2008 17:16:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: zane kesey http://www.pcs.org/blog/the-river-is-rising/#comment-5433 zane kesey Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:06:10 +0000 http://www.pcs.org/blog/the-river-is-rising/#comment-5433 I am impressed with this tiny tidbit of info...looks like this is going to blow away the movie version!!! "never give an inch"! I might be bringing Ken's mother (yes she lives) with me on the 5th I am impressed with this tiny tidbit of info…looks like this is going to blow away the movie version!!!

“never give an inch”!

I might be bringing Ken’s mother (yes she lives) with me on the 5th

]]> By: chrisc http://www.pcs.org/blog/the-river-is-rising/#comment-5421 chrisc Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:52:33 +0000 http://www.pcs.org/blog/the-river-is-rising/#comment-5421 Actually there have been some adjustments since you saw the show. We still see Viv topless when she is alone in her room, but both she and Lee grab sheets to cover most of themselves when they realize Hank is watching. It's all a work in progress. Actually there have been some adjustments since you saw the show. We still see Viv topless when she is alone in her room, but both she and Lee grab sheets to cover most of themselves when they realize Hank is watching.

It’s all a work in progress.

]]> By: theater buzz http://www.pcs.org/blog/the-river-is-rising/#comment-5407 theater buzz Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:57:15 +0000 http://www.pcs.org/blog/the-river-is-rising/#comment-5407 Some comments and questions after seeing the preview on Sunday night: Why is Vivian the only character that "bares it all" in "Sometimes a Great Notion?" She seems a bit awkward... like she's merely on display in both nude/semi-nude scenes. Vivian crawls both in and out of bed with Lee, naked, yet Leeland is there in his starched white boxers. What? It would be more believable and powerful if Lee gave his Captain Marvel speech standing atop the bed stark naked! I'm not for or against the nudity, just that it seems unnecessary the way it's presented in the play. Some comments and questions after seeing the preview on Sunday night:
Why is Vivian the only character that “bares it all” in “Sometimes a Great Notion?”
She seems a bit awkward… like she’s merely on display in both nude/semi-nude scenes.
Vivian crawls both in and out of bed with Lee, naked, yet Leeland is there in his starched white boxers. What?
It would be more believable and powerful if Lee gave his Captain Marvel speech standing atop the bed stark naked!
I’m not for or against the nudity, just that it seems unnecessary the way it’s presented in the play.

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