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A Small, Melodramatic Story - Acting Edition
Book by Stephen Belber
72 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 2007
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Stephen Belber
30 books2 followersStephen Belber is an American playwright, screenwriter and film director.
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August 26, 2008
This play works hard to avoid being what the title indicates, and manages to succeed with seeming ease.
The synopsis of this play would indeed seem melodramatic, but it is treated with humor, understanding, a deep knowledge of how people act and react to their fellow human-beings.
For me at least, the most remarkable part of this play is how Belber understands how people can respond to great tragedies with the understated, undercut moment, how people attempt to avoid what needs or is wanted to be said. And as a result these characters avoid artifice and become real.
Okay, so . . . all that being said: the one unfortunate thing is that while the story seems real and universal, it does somehow feel small. The play is a small gem, I guess.
The synopsis of this play would indeed seem melodramatic, but it is treated with humor, understanding, a deep knowledge of how people act and react to their fellow human-beings.
For me at least, the most remarkable part of this play is how Belber understands how people can respond to great tragedies with the understated, undercut moment, how people attempt to avoid what needs or is wanted to be said. And as a result these characters avoid artifice and become real.
Okay, so . . . all that being said: the one unfortunate thing is that while the story seems real and universal, it does somehow feel small. The play is a small gem, I guess.
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