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[wickedflea]

So nonamejane knew that The Black Dahlia, the play we went to last night, was about a brutal murder. What she didn't know was that we'd encounter onstage humping, full-frontal nudity, and subject matter including incest, bestiality, and animal mutilation.

Do I fucking know how to PICK 'em or WHAT?!? Damn, I'm smooth. ;-)

Seriously, we had a great time, and the play was quite good if fairly shocking and a little confusing. I'm never very good at following crazy twists and turns in plots, and this had a ton. But all in all, we had a wonderful time on our night of High Culture.

Next stop on the tour should be back in RI--I owe nonamejane for driving all the way down here to see me two weekends in a row!

Oh, I forgot to mention the crowd at the play--it was weird. Now, I admittedly have a strange sense of humor, and sometimes I laugh at things that other people don't find funny--but some of those jokers in the audience last night were TWISTED. They laughed at the strangest things. Case in point: one line in the play was about a policeman killing several "jigaboos," and when the line was delivered, some freak in the back busted out, "HAW HAW HAW!" So much for political correctness on the college campus, huh? Jeez.

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Re: Black Dahlia

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I think of the play. The production was pretty stunning, and sometimes it's hard to separate the production values from the merit of the play itself. I dunno. There was definitely a sensationalistic aspect that bugged me a bit--but at the same time, it's theatre, so why not go over the top? And the extreme aspects of the case have a lot to do with the continued interest in it, so . . .

I dunno--like I said, I'm still mulling it over. I imagine you'll probably get to see a movie version one of these days. :)