So dry, it's a desert

altereggo123

I guess I'm the only here who didn't laugh at this Gothic parody. I found it hard even to smile. There is wit in the writing and the double-entendres, but it's a weird combination of smart and dumb, e.g. archaically phrased poop jokes. The plotting too, has only one note, and is ridiculous without being funny. The heroine's tormentors are just too dour for their cruelty to inspire laughter the way, say, Blackadder's equally absurd but more lighthearted abuse of his butler did in that series. Possibly this works better when read than when performed. I know this show has won awards, but it left me cold.

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altereggo123 20 November 2018

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