- Air Tight Security
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Play: Airtight Security
Reviewer: Alex
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Rating: 3 Stars
A 30 minute play that could easily be a good hour - why isn't it? In its
current state, there is not sufficient development and transformation of
the characters to give the audience a truly engaging experience. But the
acting is great and there should be an excellent longer play to come out
of this.
Play: Air Tight Security
Reviewer: Eric Klein
Reviewer Email: futonyessir@yahoo.com
Rating: 1 Star
Okay, I really did not like this show: Some in the audience laughed when
the set fell apart, and they laughed again when it happened again. Somebody
even laughed right before it happened because they could see the "rigging"
and knew what was comming. I like being suprised, that's when I laugh.
The actors were real professionals, and that kept me from yawning, but the script was not interesting. The concept of the clueless patriarch and his mate has been done a lot in America and this piece did not take the archetypes into any new territory.
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Reviewer: Xara
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Rating: 2 Stars
This is a show full of promise, with an interesting premise, that unfortunately
founders on unrewarding dialogue and actors who seem a bit lost throughout.
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Reviewer: Al
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Rating: 3 Stars
This was a good show, but I'm not sure I needed or "got" the metaphor.
It was obvious the characters lives were falling apart. I'm not sure I needed
it to happen literally. I also thought the timing of the special effects
threw of the flow of the piece. I also didn't really understand how the
metaphor fit in with the piece stylistically. It was played very "naturalistically"
but then the characters didn't react to things as they fell apart in a very
natural way. I suppose ignoring things falling apart could have been the
point, but they didn't truely ignore it. They patched it up and went on
with thier lives.
The pieces were all there, they just didn't click somehow.
Play: Airtight Security
Reviewer: Vince Vitale
Reviewer Email: WorldGazer@aol.com
Rating: 3 Stars
On Thanksgiving after 911, two parents wait for the arrival of their son,
though all the elements of information about his flight are missing. One
by one, the objects in their home begin to fall apart, as the two put them
back together with duck tape. I won’t read anything into the metaphorical
meaning of the falling or breaking objects, because we didn’t really
have enough to go on. The deus ex machina is conceptually sound, but the
set design exceeds the play. If the relationships had been more fleshed
out, so we could draw parallels between the metaphysical happenings and
the family relationships (and the politico-historical meaning of the duck
tape), this could have been a fine one-act play.
Play: airtight security
Reviewer: steven
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Rating: 3 Stars
This one started quite promisingly, but the writing soon became sadly generalized,
squandering an intriguing concept. By play's end (when the final arrival/departure
seemed to defy rationality) we no longer really beieved in or cared about
these characters other than as generic "types". A shame. Paul
Gerrior did his usual, dependably excellent work, though Claudia Barr, while
competent, seemed a bit at sea, marooned by the material's non-specificity.
Play: Air tight Security
Reviewer: goreski
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Rating: 4 Stars
This is what the Fringe used to be... a place for THEATER - not comedy,
not improv, not monologues, but ensemble acting, a place to work out new
ideas and scripts.
And this piece is good! Not only does this have the biggest set ever seen at the SF Fringe, it's there for a purpose. The script is fine, the acting wonderful, and this is something you shouldn't miss. Oh and it's short too... about 30-40 minutes.
So much here is left unsaid, for you as viewer to think about, and that works here.
Go see this!!!
Play: airtight security
Reviewer: A.B.
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Rating: 4 Stars
solid acting, well cast, beautifully staged, excellent script, one of the
best shows I've seen at the Fringe
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Reviewer: Stephen
Reviewer Email: SFTheatreLover@aol.com
Rating: 4 Stars
A thoughtful work that looks at the construct of familial relationships
as they apply to international and political, without feeling like a polemic.
As their lives fall apart around them (via some clever scenic work that
serves as a strong metaphor) they attempt to patch things up with duct tape
(a sly and clever nod at the absurdity of our current administrations response
to the current international crisis). Solid acting by Paul Gerrior and Claudia
Barr. Nicely paced direction. Simple and elegant design (a complete set
with walls -a rarity at the Fringe- and tasteful decor and costumes all
made to fall apart). I would recommend seeing it.
Play: Airtight Security
Reviewer: Dick Karp
Reviewer Email: dick@catapult.com
Rating: 3 Stars
Somewhere, hidden by the unexplained duct tape strips used throughout the
performance, is the making of a good one act play. But it just isn't there
yet. These are characters and a situation I want to know more about, and
there is plenty of time available (the entire play only runs 25 minutes),
yet the audience was left unsatisfied; when the lights went down, there
was silence because we were genuinely unsure if the play was over.
Claudia Barr is excellent as Madeleine; Paul Gerrior is too unemotional as Gary. The direction showed a lack of concern for continuity -- props were partially used, then forgotten.
In its current form, it would have been reasonable to have presented a second short play of equal length as part of the same performance.
Play: Airtight Security
Reviewer: A. Ibur
Reviewer Email: aibur2001@yahoo.com
Rating: 5 Stars
"Airtight Security" is an intelligent peek at the American family
post Sept. 11. Set during Thanksgiving, Gary and Madeline must come to terms
with their problems and acknowledge their estrangement from son Bill. The
audience sees this family literally fall apart before their eyes. In so
doing, the play demonstrates the dysfunctional relationship found in families
across the nation and highlights America's relationship with the world at
large. "Airtight Security's" poignant writing and strong acting
make it a must see at this year's Fringe.