A review of Fred
Fred by Beatrix Christian develops its characters and situations with consummate skill and invention. The writer uses characters we recognise instantly, but examines them in a way that is predictable and leads to compromising situations.After viewing Fred, you are left with two questions; is there really any meaning in it or is it just designed purely for entertainment. The piece portrays certain themes (for example; love, death, sex and lust) throughout the performance but doesn’t examine them thoroughly enough to give the viewer a sense of realisation after seeing it. The themes are portrayed in “cheesy “tasteless situations and aren’t really comical. You see each event fold out after the next, each one more inane than the last. You automatically see that the characters are all based on stereotypical personas, which leads the production along a path that is easily predictable and unchallenging. The production forms a classical “Police sitcom/detective novel” which tries desperately to grab laughs but fails. However, the set designer must receive credit, because due to the lack of substance this piece has, one of the only things keeping it afloat is its innovative use of lighting and sets.
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Approximate Word count = 816
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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