Flash into highlands drama review

Today I am going to present my review of the recent Georgia Highlands drama presentation “Flash into Highlands.” For starters I would like to express my great respect and appreciation to those who performed, produced, directed, filmed, also any others who had a hand in bringing this wonderful display of the arts to our campus in Cartersville, Georgia. Unfortunately I only caught the last act. But was thoroughly impressed with what I saw. It was about a woman whose husband was having an affair. He was killed by a lightning bolt, as was their puppy. The woman decides to go to an extreme and have the dog stuffed by a taxidermist to hold onto some semblance of her husbands’ memory. She is completely in the dark about her husbands’ misdoings with his mistress. While in the process of waiting for her dog she meets a lovable old stuffed deer head named Marvin. Marvin was by far the most interesting character in the play. Marvin had a deep southern sound to his voice, which immediately made you feel like you were talking to an old friendly man whose’ trust is unquestionable. That plays largely into the main characters world and self view of her life. The dog or puppy on the other hand is obscenely rude, obnoxious, self centered, and overall a dislikable character. The audience never has a chance to meet the husband unfortunately but discovers thru the stuffed dog about his affair with his “professional” golf instructor and other women. The dog is quite entertained by the affairs and the wife’s reaction to learning this terrible news. This was a huge part of the comedy in this play which was unfortunate since I could see potential for much more comedic relief in it than there actually was. Marvin presented his own form of comedic relief most due to the monotone sound of the actor presenting his voice. As a spectator, critic, and general film buff I think this play had room for much improvement. The actors were not convincing in any capacity, and the set was poorly set up. I tried to have an open mind going in but it’s hard in the beginning when you can see there wasn’t much if any real effort to have an organized set. After speaking with other spectators I found I was not the only one who felt this way. Most of the people I spoke with also had comment’s on the actors performance. I was impressed by their remembrance of lines and their ability to not stumble over their words. But on the downside they had no real emotions. This was extremely disappointing especially since the main character had been having an affair on her for a long period of time. Also that her husband never loved or even cared about her, he only married her for her money and status. I can’t imagine any woman at all not being thoroughly upset by learning this news. Overall the idea for the play was sound and well scripted by the producer but fell short on presentation and acting. I would give it a two out of five for my professional rating. Better luck next year actors.