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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Meant to be heard not read!!
An HBO movie was made of the play starring Jonathan Price, Uma Thurman and Paddy Considine. In the hands of these artists, the dialogue is nuanced, hopeless, vicious, desperate, lonely, often cruel and rarely funny. They took my breath away. I think it helps if you have a passing aquaintance with addiction. I would view the book as the written record of this...
Published on December 22, 2008 by Jody Byrne
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Slow and somewhat tedious.
I read the publisher's review of this play. I didn't find the play comical at all--not even darkly comical. It was indeed a bit dark, icy, and stark. If the aloof characters' ennui and distain were intended as comical, then the playwright has been writing in some sublime effusion that I can't seem to grasp. There is some nice poignant dialog every now and then, but I...
Published on December 8, 2003 by DONALD G. FOX
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Meant to be heard not read!!,
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This review is from: My Zinc Bed: A Play (Faber Plays) (Paperback)
An HBO movie was made of the play starring Jonathan Price, Uma Thurman and Paddy Considine. In the hands of these artists, the dialogue is nuanced, hopeless, vicious, desperate, lonely, often cruel and rarely funny. They took my breath away. I think it helps if you have a passing aquaintance with addiction. I would view the book as the written record of this performance. Catch it if you can.
Jody www.daybreaklavenderfarm.com
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Slow and somewhat tedious.,
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This review is from: My Zinc Bed: A Play (Faber Plays) (Paperback)
I read the publisher's review of this play. I didn't find the play comical at all--not even darkly comical. It was indeed a bit dark, icy, and stark. If the aloof characters' ennui and distain were intended as comical, then the playwright has been writing in some sublime effusion that I can't seem to grasp. There is some nice poignant dialog every now and then, but I really can't recommend that anyone should buy the book for those rare moments. Perhaps if it is meant as a postmodern existentialist work, it could offer something to the reader. I hope that future reviewers will offer their own greater understandings. My recommendation: don't spend a lot of money on this.
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My Zinc Bed: A Play (Faber Plays) by David Hare (Paperback - April 18, 2001)
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