Diamond's ‘Bluest Eye’ has poetry, lacks color
One of the characters in the Long Wharf Theatre’s adaptation of “The Bluest Eye” humorously states that they are in search of a “meaningless distraction to help the day pass.” The present reviewer urges anyone harboring such a quest to go see this production. In short, director Eric Ting’s take on Tony Morrison’s classical tale of alienation, although not an utter failure, falls short of capturing the enduring appeal of the original novel. The excessively lyricized production devises no emotional linkage to the audience, which is left perplexed and empty at the end of an overall long, dull...
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