Strange enough My True Love of ONLY the first half of this episode should not coincide with how I feel about the play. I cannot judge his play off their performance.
With my greatest respect to the writer- I felt the second half of True West fell flat off the mountain of momentum it had sparked from the very beginning.
The first half of the play painted two brothers who were the exact opposite- each dealing with the very real stickiness/sensitivity of each others lifestyle/feelings. The play builds this rock-hard tragic tension very well to the midway point and then (through the second half) does a great job of abolishing any trace of what the first half accomplished- Which was; A guttingly'-strong, sharp, disgusting intimacy that's painted with the harshest human colors of a brotherhood*. I, myself have an older brother whom has an almost opposite lifestyle than mine- which has caused a life-long load of differences that have resulted in confrontations, disconnection, and public emotional breakdowns. So now, easy to say, the characters relationship, of the first half, struck me whole heartily. The dialogue from their brother to brother relation is tragically beautiful as they each take stabs at each other, then, soon after, expose moments of subtle compassion.
Until all went to hell in the 2nd half Malkovich and Gary captivated the hell out of me and taught me many lessons in acting. Don't know why the story went south and why so far south. The reason? Only god knows.
I give the first half a 10 and the second half a 1. And therefore no rating just a mixed review.
With my greatest respect to the writer- I felt the second half of True West fell flat off the mountain of momentum it had sparked from the very beginning.
The first half of the play painted two brothers who were the exact opposite- each dealing with the very real stickiness/sensitivity of each others lifestyle/feelings. The play builds this rock-hard tragic tension very well to the midway point and then (through the second half) does a great job of abolishing any trace of what the first half accomplished- Which was; A guttingly'-strong, sharp, disgusting intimacy that's painted with the harshest human colors of a brotherhood*. I, myself have an older brother whom has an almost opposite lifestyle than mine- which has caused a life-long load of differences that have resulted in confrontations, disconnection, and public emotional breakdowns. So now, easy to say, the characters relationship, of the first half, struck me whole heartily. The dialogue from their brother to brother relation is tragically beautiful as they each take stabs at each other, then, soon after, expose moments of subtle compassion.
Until all went to hell in the 2nd half Malkovich and Gary captivated the hell out of me and taught me many lessons in acting. Don't know why the story went south and why so far south. The reason? Only god knows.
I give the first half a 10 and the second half a 1. And therefore no rating just a mixed review.