tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post8854047789732669518..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: Review: A Disappearing Number and The Real Inspector HoundK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-29220215538187445512010-11-10T17:34:58.085-05:002010-11-10T17:34:58.085-05:00That seemed to be the tenor of the response to bot...That seemed to be the tenor of the response to both. Frankly, Parker is a better actor, even when saddled with mediocre scripts such as most of WEEDS, or ANGELS IN AMERICA, for that matter.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-17511920770447599992010-11-10T15:00:14.250-05:002010-11-10T15:00:14.250-05:00It was "meh" as they say. I was looking ...It was "meh" as they say. I was looking forward to it. Might have liked it better as a play.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-23274420301739711902010-11-10T13:23:39.536-05:002010-11-10T13:23:39.536-05:00I have a copy of the film, but Paltrow isn't q...I have a copy of the film, but Paltrow isn't quite as much a crush, and it's sitting in my TBV stack.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-78415784469353637882010-11-10T12:21:21.991-05:002010-11-10T12:21:21.991-05:00I think it was the actor directing, who wanted to ...I think it was the actor directing, who wanted to give the actors as much room as possible to run with the physical comedy. <br /><br />I always found annoying Steve Martin's dismissive comment that "writing about art was like dancing about architecture" -- why should that be a bad thing? Seeing how well music, dance and set design helped embody physics and math in <i>A Disappearing Number</i>, I would heartily welcome dancing about architecture.<br /><br />Pity, you didn't see PROOF, though I saw the film and mathematics was more of a McGuffin, as the real story was about influence, authority and approval/fame.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-5323968746544182222010-11-10T12:08:28.252-05:002010-11-10T12:08:28.252-05:00And, yes, gassiness and filler, so annoying in alm...And, yes, gassiness and filler, so annoying in almost every other art, is almost intolerable in live drama...the auteurist impulse, or is it simply hamming by design, seeping into the boards...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-58520122768821358762010-11-10T12:07:06.685-05:002010-11-10T12:07:06.685-05:00I forget who I first read to suggest that stage dr...I forget who I first read to suggest that stage drama is a natural home to the discussion of and inspiration by the sciences, but certainly Michael Frayn has been doing his best to keep that true, and he most assuredly not alone. It does sound intriguing. I'm sorry I missed Mary-Louise Parker in PROOF, but my then most-active media-crush would've just been intolerable during and afterward.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com