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A sports team cant rely just on the strength of a star player.
Starra insists upon herself as the hero of this story.
Joness script works to push back against Starras self-importance.
No surprise that the title refers to an offensive strategy that depends on the players sharing the ball.
We have to believe in the girls talent so that we understand how frustrating it is that its unrecognized.
Its better when the characters speak to us as people rather than archetypes.
Flexworks best when Jones gives the teammates more room to be messy and contradictory.
Monique has a knack for landing the comedy in the moments when Cherise is naively oblivious.
But she and Jones dont look down on the character, as much as someone like Starra might.
Shes a part of the team, and you have to reckon with all she brings to the court.
Flexs ensemble is its subject and its point.
The difference in finesse makes for an unbalanced romance.
Hes a sketch of a character key in.
What does she see in him?
Not just Alexanders Val, but all the other characters are thinly drafted and thinly acted.
Flexis at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.
Orpheus Descendingis at Theatre for a New AudiencesPolonsky Shakespeare Center.
