Comments on: Hip Shot: ‘The Teacher’s Lounge or One Child Left Behind’ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/2009/07/22/hip-shot-the-teachers-lounge-or-one-child-left-behind/ Blogging the Capital Fringe Festival 2011 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:31:07 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Sheffy http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/2009/07/22/hip-shot-the-teachers-lounge-or-one-child-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-24545 Sheffy Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:46:54 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/?p=1370#comment-24545 This is a Fringe find! (without the zaniness). While this Festival seems to bring out the storytellers, crazy musicals, silly comedies, and one-person shows (that make a living taking their acts from Fringe to Fringe), it seems straight drama is harder to pull off well. Here, the acting and writing are very good (Ok a tad preachy), and technically the show comes off very well including an impressive sound design. Since you're not conscious of their acting, you can concentrate on their drama. They take prejudice head on, but right and wrong are less apparent than you think. Such is life. This is a Fringe find! (without the zaniness). While this Festival seems to bring out the storytellers, crazy musicals, silly comedies, and one-person shows (that make a living taking their acts from Fringe to Fringe), it seems straight drama is harder to pull off well.

Here, the acting and writing are very good (Ok a tad preachy), and technically the show comes off very well including an impressive sound design. Since you’re not conscious of their acting, you can concentrate on their drama. They take prejudice head on, but right and wrong are less apparent than you think. Such is life.

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