TRASHMAN’S DILEMMA
Scruffy Theatre Productions · Toronto, Canada
by Bruce Gooch
Comedy, Drama
Two Battlefield Custodians “resolve” zones CORP satellites are not able to scan. While investigating a black-hole structure, these “trashmen” lose their tele-com capabilities and must speak. Confronted by the structure’s inhabitant and their own words, discipline is stripped from them and the world possibly given hope.
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This is the best show I have ever seen at a fringe! They writing is fantastic and the actors were incredible. If you are going to see a fringe show this summer I suggest you see this one.
This was one of the first plays that we saw, and even with a few days reflection, I’m still not really sure what the heck was going on. There’s two battle-bruised post-apocalyptic soldiers, one of whom was expected to have self-destructed or been killed some while ago, and an (initially) more articulate, deeply angry guy who’s the last of his unit. Then there’s the ghost (?) who makes up the third of the trio. It goes from there, as the three of them battle through their various pains to try to communicate. That’s about all I got, as far as plot went. As my husband said, “They’re grunts. They probably don’t know how the world became such a hell.” However, the three of them are passionate in their characterisations, the dialogue is reasonably clever, and they draw you in to their world.
Go ahead and see it, and draw your own conclusions.
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http://www.fullyfringed.ca/?p=1261