The Pillowman

I watched Pillowman on Wednesday evening. Here are my comments:

Wicked good play! Ok, granted that it was a little more than 3 hours long and thus, for a person like me, so I did get a little tired watching. But the script was fantastic, albeit the splashes of the f-word in almost every sentence. Pillowman is a black comedy in which the play explores themes of horrific child murders and how or if childhood trauma can affect one's adulthood tremendously. It started off rocky, i think, as Kurtarian was interrogated harshly by two cop, one good and one bad. Adrian Pang played Tupolski, the 'good cop', and as he watched on Kurtarian being beaten up, he said, 'I forgot to tell ya, I'm the good cop and he's the bad cop.' [ok, i'm not sure if that line was word for one, haha]

Kurtarian had his spastic brother next door, his name was Michal. Oh, and being spastic, Michal said the darndest things! While the audience was kept thinking that this little fool was an innocent sweething, suddenly Michal said, 'I thought I hid those fingers really well. How did they find them?' I think I gasped inwardly then. Unfortunately, he got smothered by a pillow in his sleep by Kurtarian. Both brothers had a horrific childhood experience.

The play was really dark humour. I went with two buddies. One of them happened to have a pillow along. Man, I took it and hid behind it sometimes. This play cost me $50. Ouch, but it was worth every cent. But I wouldn't want to watch an expensive and long play again. I rather go for short plays that are cheaper.