Play: Upper Canada Cougar Movement
Reviewer: jes'fine
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Rating: 4 Stars
This is a sweet , humerous , poignent portryal of a 7 year old attempting
to deal with an absent father and her mother about to wed "the loser".
Quiter and more subtle than many of the works here and in truth it took
me a little while to get into her character at the beginning ,but that changed
once I feel into the rythem of the play. There are moments of humor and
devestating poingnency , her made up story of "the little sprout"
stuck me deeply. The videos interspersed through out the drama worked for
me - they were funny and much like kids who wander in and out of subject
allowed for time and space to pass in the main story. A COUGAR by the way
is an older woman who goes after much younger men, a term that hasn't made
it's way across the border from Canada to the US. Definitely worth catching
this show.
Play: The Upper Canada Cougar Movement
Reviewer: Jesse Camp
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Rating: 5 Stars
A beautiful, thought-provoking and well-written play. Very nicely executed.
I also enjoyed the videos, which were hilarious. Ginette has a real talent
for capturing the essence of a child. A show not to be missed at this year's
fringe!
Play: Upper Canada Cougar Movement
Reviewer: Elizabeth Chopp
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Rating: 3 Stars
This performance starts out well - the actress does a good job (both funny
and poignant)of portraying the child of divorce who doesn't want her mother
to remarry. Unfortunately, the theme gets diluted by the use of a number
of videos, which are generally too long, not funny enough and mostly off
the subject.
Play: Upper Canada Cougar Movement
Reviewer: Ty (co-writer of Fringe 'Objects in Mirror')
Reviewer Email: tdemartino@frostburg.edu
Rating: None
LOVED it. Funny and poignant. The pre-taped shorts were a hoot (classic
Second City of SNL calibre...) It's a quick and enjoyable night of theatre.
Very clever.
Play: Upper Canada Cougar Movement
Reviewer: Jasmine Heinz
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Rating: 4 Stars
The world through the eyes of a child. This play is sweet, whimsical, poignant
and occasionally razor sharp. The type of show you can reflect upon and
smile.
Play: Upper Canada Cougar Movement
Reviewer: Gary Levine
Reviewer Email: glevine@argotech.com
Rating: 4 Stars
This performance is worthy of a much larger audience as the work is a polished
and thoughtful portrait with childlike vision the performer captures the
true essence of a child's imagination while engaging in rendering difficult
adult situations. The campy but satirically brilliant video work is inventive.
The performer utilizes countless classical techniques: dance, song and a
most expressive face to link the material with fine execution. Typical of
the inventive scene characteristic of the avant-garde Toronto theater scene,
Upper Canada Couger Movement is a winner and deserving of much support here
in San Francisco.
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