Jodie Comer’s “Prima Facie” debuts on Broadway tonight

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R1 it debuted tonight

Who?

Stolen from the Geoffrey Rush Accusation scandal

I never heard of Judie Comer. Does she sing or is it just acting?

It's a feminist monologue

(i.e. rather tedious for the audience)

Yet ANOTHER dramatic production about #MeToo, and the others have all been so awful.

The plays have included "Anomaly," "How to Defend Yourself," "The Best We Could"; the movies "She Said," "Women Talking," "Promising Young Woman," "Bombshell," "Tar"... is there nothing else to make plays about?

Who wants to go see these? Apparently no one, since these all have been bombs. And yet, they keep coming...

[quote] Yet ANOTHER dramatic production about #MeToo

And so many advertisements harp on this theme.

Sentimental miniature movies dripping with emotion, throbbing voice-overs to the accompaniment of a tinkling high-pitched piano.

R1 The London production was streamed.

Why pay money to strangers so they can brow-beat us for "our sins"?

R9 ummm what

R11 The London production of Prima Facie was streamed in cinemas, and is on NTL At Home.

R12 ok. Thanks for clarifying what you meant.

"Stream" is a noun and a verb.

The verb has five meanings; and I'm guessing this is to play video or sound on a computer, mobile device, TV etc by getting it as a continuous stream rather than having to download it.

Is it cheaper this way or not?

The tickets for this show must be over-priced.

They raked in £722,000 ($899,666) in its first seven days of previews, where tickets are typically sold at a reduced price.

It did amazing out West

^ California?

Bryan Safi saw a preview performance and had only great things to say about it.

It did amazing in London. Was always sold out and everyone raved.

R18 everyone says it’s amazing. The person that claimed it’s terrible and poor acting is the troll

How is it amazing?

They rushed to bring it to Broadway because everyone is certain she will get a Tony now next to her Olivier for this performance.

The feminist shows off her body with a certain over-publicised short Irishman.

Bryan Safi??

That's like saying Saffie Monsoon saw it and only had great things to say about it.

The actres and the show are both overrated

is this a "real" show?

R23 he’s 5’11

R20 The play is a total polemic. Her acting is not even drama school level.

[quote] total polemic.

I'd rather sit on hard benches for 90 minutes being preached at by Flora Robson.

[quote]It's a feminist monologue

[quote](i.e. rather tedious for the audience)

I streamed it on NT at Home over the weekend. They had removed it from the US platform so I used a VPN. After viewing, all I could think was, "damn glad I didn't pay $200+ to see THAT" I know myself enough to know that I would have been pissed to sit through it. Surprisingly, I heard that advance sales have been decent. Tedious, yes -but all will LEAP TO THEIR FEET at the end to celebrate that they just sat through 100 intermissionless minutes and now must pat themselves on the back, because...women.

R30 your opinion doesn’t speak for others. Know this. Understand this. Grow up.

She gets raped by a fellow lawyer at her law firm and he's found innocent.

Save yourself $200

R31 = She Who Must be Obeyed!

I saw the play in London and to be frank, her acting gave me me second hand embrassmemt. I was cringing from start to finish

This is a $3,000,000 making intra-national enterprise based on the singular action of one 5 inch rag of human flesh.

R34 you said you streamed it and now you’re saying you saw it in London. You also claim you work in the movie industry (you don’t).

Does this English play attempt to portray the conflict between The Red and The Blue?

R34 I streamed it. The guy who saw it is different. You seem obsessed with nobody commenting on what they saw, and their opinions.

R38 ugh. Idk how many times we have to go through this or how many red tagged accounts it will take for you to get this. Switching accounts doesn’t change where you’re posting from. YOU posted both comments.

Geoffrey Rush got some recompense for this woman's silly accusations.

But feminists around the world are taking the case from the courts to the theatre. And raking in the money!

R39 Oh dear, you are a lunatic.

[quote]I wonder if they will change any of the dialogue from the London production now that it’s in NY.

No dialogue.

It's a monologue, a dirge, a peroration, a rant.

R41 but I’m not. Your behavior is out of control again.

Girls. Girls!

You are bringing discredit to your sex!

R39, R43, no jmhe didn't. I posted that I saw it in London. Jodie' s acting is trash and the play is shit I got second hand embarrassment from watching her

[quote] the play is shit

It's not a play.

A stand-up rant is not a play

R45 A. You didn’t see it in London. You’re broke. You’re also uneducated and still living off your mother, who is on welfare.

B. You think you’re slick when you aren’t. Muriel knows every account you have. As do I.

Dear Gentle Reader,

r47is having a bad day. Undoubtedly due to the fraught demands of excessive mincing and prancing encompassed with a high level of pedantry.

We hope that you will understand.

R48 nope. Just over your lies. Good job at writing to Muriel too 💀

I didn't pay good money to see 'The Crucible' because I was told it was an angry protest play without artistry or entertainment value.

I assume this current offering is the same.

This thread is bonkers.

[quote] This thread is bonkers.

A bonkers Broadway bore arouses bonkers DL bitchfight.

The play is NOT about #metoo. It is very specifically about the way the courts treat rape. The rape in the play does not involve a power imbalance and is relatively violent.

The final long speech is certainly polemical, and the rest of the play is very much written to take us to that end, but is not itself polemical. It's just that the direction and Comer's performance, which put this fake rhythm into the monologue and a lot of fake energy and movement on the stage (as noted by the NYT critic), make it seem much preachier than it is. The Australian production, which was far less consciously theatrical, did much better with the material.

Elizabeth Montgomery did it better on tv in A Case of Rape.

Was it really rape, rape?

Was it "verbal rape"?

Was it "emotional rape"?

Was it "digital rape"?

Was it "olfactory rape"?

This chick and her play are both overrated