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different people working together in a one screen theater which is falling apart struggle to understand themselves and each other, The movies they love act as a foil for the life they're living, both exposing their "performance" and providing a map of sort, بین خوندن کتاب چاه بابل از قاسمی یه گذری به دنیای نمایشنامه زدم. این نمایشنامه رو دوستم معرفی کرده بود درونمایهاش سکس دروغ اعتماد و تعرض بود. نمایشنامهی خوبی بود دیالوگها خوب نوشته شده بودن. تعداد شخصیتهای نمایشنامه سه تا بود که شامل دختری ۲۰ و چند ساله به اسم رز مردی ۳۵ ساله به اسم سم و مردی ۲۲ ساله به اسم ایوری کل نمایش تو یه سینمای قدیمی اتفاق میافته اتفاقات عجیب این سه نفر رو به هم پیوند داده و مقولهی روابط انسانی و جنسی رو بررسی میکنه نویسنده. The words you say to strangers gives great insight into who you are, Your comfort in a new situation, how you respond to completely new and unexpected circumstances gives great insight into who you are, This is the strength of this play, and the reason it won a Pulitzer,

The next time you're in a restaurant or bar, find the blind date, or the first date, Watch how they interact. Then try to capture that scene in words, Hard, isn't it

Baker nails it, The observations. The awkward pauses. The fumbling for the right words, Act I Scene, Avery's response to the ethical dilemma is spot on perfect, The Act II, Sceneresolution made me cringe the moment the words came out of Avery's mouth,

Who are your friends What does it take to become friends with strangers when you're an adult What bonds last, and what bonds are easily broken Some plays put these answer up front, in direct simple language.
The more elegant ones answers these questions on the side, in the pauses, while you think something else is taking place,

I need to remember that, just because something won a Pulitzer Prize or was nominated for one or something, that's how it was recommended to me, doesn't make it worth reading.
Or even good, for that matter, I couldn't get past the first dozen pages, It's like something a high school kid would write, Yikes. Like, the most / perfect, like, elegant thing ever, Nothing much happens in this Pulitzer price awarded play, Of course I liked the cinema setting and the namedropping of many famous and not so famous films, Usually I'd love to see a play on stage but here I'm not sure, I fear the many pauses would annoy me over time, But reading was a nice experience, . A quick but somehow deep glimpse into the lives of three people and what effects digital changes bring to them/all of our lives, So not only is American English being corrupted with lazy like speak Shaggy Disease, its now being WRITTEN And PERFORMED
And given awards
Like, wow, like.


Its disturbing to read and I would probably walk out of the theatre if I saw/heard it being presented,
This is just a few inane skits as opposed to a “play”,
Great setting, but the characters are annoying enough, even without the like lack of anything to say and like like like, oh my god.

I am continually baffled why “oh my god” is still used, let alone used so, so like often,

I can only guess the follow up to this play will have lots of “you know”sI don't know, like you know,
Sasvim solidno skrojen komad o troje radnika u bioskopu pred zatvaranjem,

Njihovo scensko postojanje obeleženo je redovima sedišta i đubretom, I zanimljivo je to izokretanje: dok se posetiocima bioskopa doživljaj završava samim gledanjem filma, ono što je prava predstava sledi tek nakon projekcije.
Ta izmena fokusa upućuje na tolike propuštene drame, Umesto što scenske doživljaje povezujemo samo sa performativnim prostorima i kontekstima koji ih obuhvataju, retko kad razmišljamo o dramama u prolazu”: kako npr.
pati neko u trafici, pekari, autobusu ili benzinskoj pumpi Ili kakve drame, naročito danas, proživljava neko ko radi kao medicinski tehničar

Ipak, da se ne stekne pogrešan utisak, ovo nije socijalna drama.
Junaci Eni Bejker nisu predodređeni svojim društvenim statusom, koliko ragranatim unutrašnjim nemirima skrivenim iza svojevrsnog pojednostavljenog pogleda na svet, Dok čiste svakojako đubre ostavljeno nakon projekcije, postepeno postaju svesni kako njihova psiha nije očistljiva bioskopska dvorana i da iz nje nema izlaza, Dok srce kuca, film traje,

Boreći se sa samima sobom, tumarajući po zamračenom otpadu, junaci se suočavaju sa sopstvenom nemoću i nesamostalnošću, potisnutom seksualnošću, suicidalnim mislima, osobama sa smetnjama u razvoju i nečim što nije epohalni bezizlaz, već jedna opštepoznata letargija koja se u kosti uvuče.
A iako su krajnje savremeni, likovi prepoznatljivi iz svakodnevice, oni su i deo jednog nestajućeg sveta, gde je ni filmska traka nije uspela da se otrgne čeljusti digitalnog sveta.


I tako, malo po malo, u navali opštila, sve više se udaljavamo jedni od drugih i jedino su pravi kontakti mogući u pukotinama, u nestajućim svetovima, među kokicama i đubretom.


Uzgred, nije važno da li je to namerano ili ne, ali u komadu možemo pronaći odjeke Čehova i Beketa, To jesu tanane, ali veze koje ne treba zanemariti, jer pokazuju s kakvim dramskim autorom imamo posla, Voleo bih ovo da gledam na našim scenama, Just as brilliant the second read The main only detractor in this work is the Pulp Fiction references, Would've been a MUCH better work without them, running up again on the difficulty of reading instead of watching these plays, A lot of pausing in this one and as much as i tried to pause when directed i think i failed too often for the desired effect to occur.


Even so I thought this was a very satisfying character study, and frank account of the pain of loving something that no one else seems to value.
in particular i enjoyed the halfrealizations most of the character have about their lives, the way they almost diagnose and resolve their issues, but miss the mark by likerung true to me.


its tough out there everybody! keep swimming! The person that has spent a formidable amount of time working in a retail, food service, or any form of entertainment will understand the nature of this play than anyone else.
While the people in this play do not represent the entirety of those that spend a portion of time working in these jobs, there is a good sample that is very reflective of mainstays such as Sam and Rose in some way, shape, or form.
Then there is Avery, who is the most likable and relatable character in this play, Avery has a quiet sense of wonder, a will to do right, and he loves movies, which is the central theme to this play, This play is set at a movie theater in Massachusetts called "The Flick," which is one of the last theaters to usemillimeter film projectors.
Rose is among the last projectionists, while Sam and, as the play begins, Avery are general workers, taking care of maintenance and concessions,

There is not much of a dramatic plot to this play, aside from the interactions between Sam, Avery, and Rose, In fact, the only other character in this play is someone known as "The Dreaming Man," who gets his name from the fact that he was found falling asleep in the theater and was still sleeping at the end of a particular film.
We later learn his name is Skylar and we feel as if his role is to play the role of a placeholder that defines a worker with no personality or ambition.
Events occur within the lives of the characters in this play and the conversations and ways they go about their day are very engaging and we also see Sam and Rose badmouthing their manager, Steve.
Steve is never seen or heard in this play and the only account we get is from the characters within this play, While it would be fair to say that Sam and Rose's distaste for him may not be entirely reliable, we can gather that he is a bit shallow between his disposition toward Avery when hiring him and how he promoted Rose to be a projectionist despite Sam having seniority and the two being equally qualified.
There is a sense of "blame games" that Sam and Rose play when things do not go their way, where as Avery does his best to do the right thing and correct the mistakes he has made.


This play is unique in how it captures the emotions of human desire in a fast changing world, We see the world changing from projectors to digital filming and with everything going on in, the movie theater is now an endangered species in favor of a direct subscription program.
I personally have not been to the movie theaters sinceand I must say that the one thing I miss is movie theater popcorn, Everything else I could get from the comfort of my own home, including a pause button for when I have to use the bathroom after having addressed my thirst following the consumption of so much salty popcorn.
I digress. Anyway, the subjects in this play are perfectly flawed, but at the same time their actions reflect an accuracy to a lot of people in their circumstances in some way, shape, or form.
It is also pretty accurate that they use the word "like" to connect pauses, which is quite common among today's speakers,

Sam and Rose certainly have their issues, which becomes evident as the play progresses, but this play also addresses those issues and makes clear about how people's decisions do have consequences.
Avery is just someone you feel a sense of sympathy for, given his hardships and what he has made out of them, It is nearly evident that he is depressed and a good guess could be made that he is neurodivergent, likely on the spectrum, Annie Baker has written about a character on the spectrum in another play of hers called "Body Awareness, "

The Flick is a play that is worth checking out, It is well laid out so that watching it as a performance would be quite intriguing, It also speaks to the millennial audience in its language and how relatable it can be to that particular generation, In some way, shape, or form, we long for nostalgia and look back at the things that made us happy, Reboots and throwbacks are quenching this desire for those that crave it, The Flick speaks of this and any other kind of sacred cheese that their subjects long for, regardless of their attitude and circumstance, This was super fun, well paced and exciting, emotionally engaging, basically a perfect play and I loved it, I've done a lot of acting, I've read a lot of plays, mostly for my own enjoyment, Few are the plays I've read all the way through in one day because I'm so spellbound by them, Kristoffer Diaz's The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity was the most recent, and now Annie Baker's The Flick joins the list.
Baker's writing is understated, gracefully funny, and the three main characters fully realized, I got choked up and I laughed out loud, sometimes within less than a page's time, I've read that a stage production of this show is three hours long, but after reading the script, I can't imagine a second of it is wasted air.


The Flick is about movies, yes and there's a lot of comedic mileage taken from film injokes, but it's about authenticity, too.
Avery's fixation on the film projector is the clearest example of this, but other touches like Rose's astrology book underscore this theme as well, It's a human, deeply felt exploration of what it means to be an authentic, honest person, It also includes arguably the most emotionallyresonant rendition of Samuel L, Jackson's "Ezekiel:" monologue from Pulp Fiction to ever grace a stage, So, like, that's bonus points right there, If you're at all interested in modern theatre, The Flick is an absolute must read, Winner of thePulitzer Prize for Drama

“Funny, heartbreaking, sly and unblinkingThe Flick may be the best argument anyone has yet made for the continued necessity and profound uniqueness of theater.
” Jesse Green, New York

“Hilarious and ineffably touchingMs, Bakers peerless aptitude for exploring how people grope their way toward a sense of equanimity, even as they learn to accept disappointment, is among the things that make her such a gifted writerThis lovingly observed play will sink deep into your consciousness.
” Charles Isherwood, New York Times

“This hypnotic, heartbreaking microepic about movies and moving on is irreducibly theatrical, ” David Cote, TimeOut New York

In a rundown movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees sweep up popcorn in the empty aisles and tend to one of the last thirtyfivemillimeter projectors in the state.
With keen insight and a ceaseless attention to detail, The Flick pays tribute to the power of movies and paints a heartbreaking portrait of three characters and their working lives.
A critical hit when it premiered OffBroadway, this comedy, by one of the countrys most produced and highly regarded young playwrights, was awarded the covetedSusan Smith Blackburn Prize, an Obie Award for Playwriting and thePulitzer Prize for Drama.


ANNIE BAKERS works include The Aliens Obie Award, Body Awareness, Circle Mirror Transformation Obie Award, Nocturama, and an adaptation of Anton Chekhovs Uncle Vanya.
Her work has been produced at more than a hundred theaters in the U, S. and in more than a dozen countries, Recent honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Steinberg Playwright Award and a New York Drama Critics Circle Award, She is a resident playwright at Signature Theatre,
This was one of those plays I didnt think much of after I had just finished, but a few days later and I still cant quite get it out of my head.
The script is sparse, unadorned, characters who dont know they are on stage and unconscious of how they sound, Nothing much happens, yet Baker endows these ordinary trials with a sense

of importance simply through their clear impact on the characters, The tragedy for each character is that they are utterly in love with the idea of something that doesnt hold up against reality, like trying to cup a soap bubble in your hand.
Sam is in love with Rose even though they clearly arent a good match and her aggression and crudeness genuinely disturbs him, Rose is in love with herself, totally selfabsorbed, but needs outside validation, She mostly knows how to receive but not how to give, And Avery, sweet Avery, he is so in love with movies, with film, with this medium of storytelling, More than anything he just wants to disappear into movies,
A play which focus mainly on film strikes me as something of a tricky balance, but Baker keeps it theatrical, puts the joy of movies into the characters eyes so that we can feel it too.
There is something clever as well in placing the audience in the position of the screenwe become the object of Averys adoration and the other characters careful respect.
This staging choice brings us in and somehow weakens the fourth wall in what is otherwise a very realist play, .