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bekrecka 's review for:
Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand
I read this a long time ago, and came across a radio play of it again. Since it had been a while (and since it stars Kenneth Branagh and Tom Hiddleston) I decided to give it a go again. As I was listening, I was captivated! Why wasn't this something I owned earlier - reading, re-reading, and committing to memory all my favorite wittily worded phrases!? How could I have forgotten this? The language is amazing. I love the play on words, the sharp banter back and forth between Cyrano and … well, everyone. Rostand loves words… loves everything about words… how they sound, how they cut, how they heal, how you can be stuck without them, and exalted with them. It’s a love story with words! Beautiful!!
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Then, the second half of the story hits. Right in the kisser. The facade starts to unravel, and what was a hilarious comedy starts turning into a slow, torturous tragedy. In the course of a couple of hours, I've run the gamut of emotions from laughing hysterically to “No! Wait! WHY!?” I’m not necessarily saying this is a bad thing. On the contrary, the fact that it strikes such rich and varying emotions is remarkable (and kind of the point with writing, yeah?). But the ending reminded me why it’s not something I listen to every day. That being said, I will listen to it again, many more times…but I’ll probably follow it up with My Little Ponies, or something with fluffy bunnies, so as not to completely hang myself later. Beautiful. Hilarious. Heartbreaking. Tragic. Whew. What a play.
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Then, the second half of the story hits. Right in the kisser. The facade starts to unravel, and what was a hilarious comedy starts turning into a slow, torturous tragedy. In the course of a couple of hours, I've run the gamut of emotions from laughing hysterically to “No! Wait! WHY!?” I’m not necessarily saying this is a bad thing. On the contrary, the fact that it strikes such rich and varying emotions is remarkable (and kind of the point with writing, yeah?). But the ending reminded me why it’s not something I listen to every day. That being said, I will listen to it again, many more times…but I’ll probably follow it up with My Little Ponies, or something with fluffy bunnies, so as not to completely hang myself later. Beautiful. Hilarious. Heartbreaking. Tragic. Whew. What a play.