Mum's the word

By Poh Huai Bin on June 16, 2002 1:42 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Headed down to Chadstone today to get some stuff to bring home. Since I was there I also caught the 3pm screening of Spider-Man. Very nice indeed. Tobey Maguire is perfect as Peter Parker and Kirsten Dunst looks as delicious as ever. I like Willem Dafoe too, he was great in The Boondock Saints. Anyway, I saw that Mum's the Word is showing at Alexander Theatre on my way back from the bus loop, and since that's just a 5 minute walk away from halls, I decided to go without knowing what the production is about. A quick call to the box office revealed that they still have front row seats. The fact that I'm going alone does make getting good seats easier. I felt that I didn't fit in the target demographic though, as the crowd mostly comprised of 40-something women. Hmm.. The show started at 8 pm and I was bored to tears in the first part. The show was about a group of 6 moms talking about their experiences. I had a good mind to walk out during the 20 minute interval but decided to keep an open mind and stay for the whole show. There was the new mom which opened the show with a very graphic depiction of childbirth. There was also a new age mom, a feminist mom, a 20-something mom, a jaded mom and a mom with a sick child. The lights went out about halfway thru the production and the cast did a very impressive ad hoc adaptation of the script. The cast of this season is not the same as the brochure though, today's cast seem to be younger, and one looks to be in the early twenties. Photography is "strictly forbidden" but I did get a photo of the set before one of the ushers informed me. Anyway, the second half was more interesting, there was even a full nudity scene, but it's funny instead of explicit. The scene was about how the 20-something mom's baby boy ran away while she's in the changing room and she charged out buck naked and ran across the stage, giving the audience an eyefull. Heh. All in all, it's a solid performance by the cast, but I wasn't interested in the subject matter so I'll be lying if I said I enjoyed it. Nevertheless, it was an interesting two hours. I like live theatre productions, and there are some good parts in this one like the Fabio in the park scene, the banana scene and the hubby not getting any scene.