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Dickensian echoes, while seasonal, arent the intention; Beckettian echoes are more to the point.
This time, though, the tramps are taking their grievances to Godot, and theyre armed.
They killed one cop and wounded another; Collazo was also shot and died.
I see, replies the president airily.
Griss righteous ire is knocked off-kilter: …Different bombs, he stammers, trying to remain severe.
But Im mad about the atomic bombs, too.
He doesnt want glory, but he does want to be remembered, for it to count.
What will make it different this time?
he asks Oscar, What will make it stick?
Oscar, older and more outwardly stoic, has no guarantees.
Hes resolved on martyrdom, while Gris wants outcomes, the promise of revolution.
And, though its driven by ache, its also never far from laughter, sometimes straight-up nuttiness.
… How many can I kill … How many?
And still have one bullet left for me?
Some have theorized that Hamilton was of mixed background, contributes Oscar with scholarly equanimity.
Does this change anything?
Meanwhile, Ortizs Maria becomes far more than the butt of a joke.
I hated the way my love said my name.Sin acento, sin trino… Muhrrhea …
So heavy, so dead, so alien.
Gris asks Oscar early on, and that feeling of slippage informs Barbots whole dramatic world.
How do you hold onto identity, to ideals, in the long, choppy wake of colonization?
How do you make sense of the violent liminality it leaves behind?
How do you seek something more just, more beautiful?
Theres more richness and strangeness inthe beautiful landthan its creatives have released into the theater.
What there is is an eyeball-searing barrage of orange.
As the owner of an orange cat, I can confirm that it means violence and chaos.
The atmosphere, in other words, is already plenty suspicious.
Did Hannah see bees?
But its episodic nature stays frisky, weird and unpredictable throughout.
The call is inevitably coming from inside the house.
It also helps that the cast fully understands the assignment.
Or does it all sound the same, no matter which way you play back the tape?
RACECAR RACECAR RACECARis at A.R.T./New York Theatres through December 22.
