http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/2009/07/09/fringe-blogger-profile-hinkes/ Blogging the Capital Fringe Festival 2011 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:27:33 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/2009/07/09/fringe-blogger-profile-hinkes/comment-page-1/#comment-24102 Hip Shot: ‘GS-14’ - Fringe & Purge - Washington City Paper Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:54:41 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/?p=377#comment-24102 [...] Llewellyn says: Isn’t government one big, convoluted bureaucracy?  I mean really, who knows how anybody gets anything done in a world of inane requirements, embattled egos, and endless paperwork.  Maybe if someone were only able to circumvent all the needless requirements, then something could actually get done around here!  That’s the story of GS-14, where a frustrated, conniving manager, aptly played by Seth Vaughn, looks to circumvent the PC police to complete this fictional software that would “save untold lives”. It’s an office drama, told with lots of wit, that digs into the details of political maneuvering and innuendo that surround this town’s untold soap operas.  Complex and creative maybe, but in the end, it’s unsatisfactory.  Constantly pacing around an office desk, most of the actors never seem to settle into their roles unless they’re imitating other characters within the story.  They are all just ordinary office workers going about their day.  And without characters to care about, the obscure military references fall flat. [...] [...] Llewellyn says: Isn’t government one big, convoluted bureaucracy?  I mean really, who knows how anybody gets anything done in a world of inane requirements, embattled egos, and endless paperwork.  Maybe if someone were only able to circumvent all the needless requirements, then something could actually get done around here!  That’s the story of GS-14, where a frustrated, conniving manager, aptly played by Seth Vaughn, looks to circumvent the PC police to complete this fictional software that would “save untold lives”. It’s an office drama, told with lots of wit, that digs into the details of political maneuvering and innuendo that surround this town’s untold soap operas.  Complex and creative maybe, but in the end, it’s unsatisfactory.  Constantly pacing around an office desk, most of the actors never seem to settle into their roles unless they’re imitating other characters within the story.  They are all just ordinary office workers going about their day.  And without characters to care about, the obscure military references fall flat. [...]

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