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The Flick

door Annie Baker

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"Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama "Funny, heartbreaking, sly, and unblinking. The Flick may be the best argument anyone has yet made for the continued necessity, and profound uniqueness, of theater."-New York "Hilarious and ineffably touching. Ms. Baker's 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 writer. this lovingly observed play will sink deep into your consciousness."-The New York Times "This hypnotic, heartbreaking micro-epic about movies and moving on is irreducibly theatrical."-Time Out New York In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, the tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks of three underpaid employees play out in the empty aisles, becoming more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on screen. With keen insight and a finely-tuned comic eye, The Flick is a hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world. This comedy, by one of the United States' most-produced and highly regarded young playwrights, premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in winter of 2013, directed by Sam Gold. The Flick was awarded the coveted 2013 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Annie Baker's works include The Aliens (Obie Award), Body Awareness, Circle Mirror Transformation (Obie Award), Nocturama, and a fresh, Off-Broadway-hit adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Her work has been produced at more than a hundred theaters in the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries internationally. Recent honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, Steinberg Playwright Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award. She is a resident playwright at the Signature Theatre"--… (meer)

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between 2.5 and 3 stars. i don't tend to like pulitzer winners all that much, but i'm trying to see this one for more than it presents as. it seems like a very simple little story about everyday people living their everyday lives. and it is that, but i think it's also more, and that there's a lot more here. this is not a play with bells and whistles and grand set designs. the biggest thing to happen in that realm is a change in lighting and that at the end the 2 characters change their shirt colors. it's a thinking play, not an action play. (so i am predisposed to liking it.)

it's about anxiety/depression and racism. but most importantly it's about reality vs performance/pretending. the conversations they have show this, but there's also the discussion of digital movies vs film movies, and how the film shows the real light and the real reality, whereas digital is kind of faking, like a person who says what they think they should say in a certain situation. everything comes back and comes down to this. who are we? who are you? are you performing or are you really that way? what do you really think or believe if what you're saying you think or believe is just what you think you should be saying you think or believe? how can you ever relate to or know someone if they are performing? if you are performing? what is real?

i liked this, but i think someone who is into movies would appreciate it more. i can only assume the movies and actors she mentions aren't random but have deeper meaning to them. still, i think there's a good bit for me to think about here, and i suspect i'll like it more and more the more i think about it. (

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overlycriticalelisa | Jan 22, 2021 |

Reading The Flick is like coming back to a place you used to live and finding the table set, wine poured, and a jazz record playing. It's comforting, surprising, and meaningful in a way that is so full of life it's too strange to be real and yet it is. ( I could see how this metaphor would be creepy, The Flick isn't.)

b.masonjudy | Apr 3, 2020 |

What a nice play! I certainly can see why it got all the acclaim that it did. There is an honest simplicity to these characters who are struggling in a changing world. It takes place in a theater that still uses real to real projectors and the people, in a way, are as out of date as their equipment. They have difficulty with their relationships with each other as well as the unasked for changes coming to their lives. This is a play with essentially three characters and all are beautifully drawn. (

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"Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama "Funny, heartbreaking, sly, and unblinking. The Flick may be the best argument anyone has yet made for the continued necessity, and profound uniqueness, of theater."-New York "Hilarious and ineffably touching. Ms. Baker's 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 writer. this lovingly observed play will sink deep into your consciousness."-The New York Times "This hypnotic, heartbreaking micro-epic about movies and moving on is irreducibly theatrical."-Time Out New York In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, the tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks of three underpaid employees play out in the empty aisles, becoming more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on screen. With keen insight and a finely-tuned comic eye, The Flick is a hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world. This comedy, by one of the United States' most-produced and highly regarded young playwrights, premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in winter of 2013, directed by Sam Gold. The Flick was awarded the coveted 2013 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Annie Baker's works include The Aliens (Obie Award), Body Awareness, Circle Mirror Transformation (Obie Award), Nocturama, and a fresh, Off-Broadway-hit adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Her work has been produced at more than a hundred theaters in the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries internationally. Recent honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, Steinberg Playwright Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award. She is a resident playwright at the Signature Theatre"--

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