Equus

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> 
wrote:
>
> There was a review of Equus in the Washington Post a few weeks ago. 
At 
> first I thought the play was coming  here, but no, the review was 
from 
> Broadway.
> 
> The writer stated that Daniel R did an adequate job, but his fame 
> pulled attention to his character and away from the therapist. 
> According to the review the therapist, not the young man, is the 
real 
> main character of the play. The reviewer also said Richard 
Griffiths 
> did an outstanding job.
> 
> Just wondering what those of you who saw the play think of this 
review?


Alla:

LOLOLOL. I saw the play. I agree that Richard Griffiths did an 
amazing job, I would watch anything with him. But why why did the 
reviewer felt a need to put down Dan at the same time?

Or at least it feels like it from the summary. I do not know who is 
the real main character of the play come to think of it, I guess you 
can say that therapist is the main character in a way since he is on 
the scene the most and talks the most,, but Dan's character is for 
sure second in its importance IMO.


So, I wonder what this reviewer thought Dan was supposed to do? NOT 
to play his part as well as he did in order to make sure that he does 
not overshadow Griffiths or something?

For the record, I do not think he did, I think they play off each 
other very very well and had an amazing chemistry on screen.

This play not just made me huge fan of Griffiths, I knew that he was 
a well known actor, but I never seen him in any other role but 
Vernon's, this play made me a fan of Dan's acting abilities as well.

I already saw that he improved significantly in the fourth or fifth 
movies, but in the first three movies I saw very little acting from 
him.

Therefore I think in his acting we can see that hard work can improve 
your skill so much, even if you are not acting genuis from the very 
early age. IMO of course.


Potioncat:
> Richard Griffiths shows up in the most unexpected places. I just 
caught 
> the tail end of "Saving Bess"---or is it "Protecting Bess" on the 
TV. 
> It's a movie with Nicholas Cage and Shirley McClain. I saw it when 
it 
> first came out and to my surprise, Richard Griffiths is in it. It 
was 
> my husband who recognised him. 


Alla:

I was given couple more movies names with him that I just have to 
hunt down.

md:
I love when a reviewer complains that a person famous for something 
else
pulls attention away... that means that the reviewer was focusing on
Radcliff because the reviewer couldn't get over it being Harry Potter 
on the
stage.

Alla:

Agreed.