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Some Girl(s)
by
Neil LaBute
Your career as a writer is blossoming, your beautiful, young fiancee is waiting to get married and rush off to Cancun by your side—so what is your natural reaction? Well, if you're a man, it's probably to get nervous and start calling up old girlfriends. And so begins a single man's odyssey through four hotel rooms as he flies across the country in search of the perfe...more
Paperback, 112 pages
Published
June 27th 2006
by Faber & Faber
(first published 2005)
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LaBute is probably one of my favorite writers of natural speech these days. I did The Shape of Things a few years ago, and this is my first interaction with him since then, but having memorized a monologue for an audition, he's just so good at natural speech rhythms. He makes things so easy to say! More playwrights need to make things so easy to say. He's also a genius at capturing the uncomfortable. Ugh. It's hard to read, some of it. Which makes it even harder to see on stage, I'd imagi...more
I only give this play four stars because it gave me what I needed; good
female monologues. As far as the actual play, I'm not so sure. If I had paid money to see the show, I would have still liked it and the acting, but I think I would have felt I wasted my money. It starts where it begins... And only the smallest realizations are made.
female monologues. As far as the actual play, I'm not so sure. If I had paid money to see the show, I would have still liked it and the acting, but I think I would have felt I wasted my money. It starts where it begins... And only the smallest realizations are made.
A play.
A man meets past girlfriends in hotel rooms to clear air before getting married.
Some moments. Mostly the main character is such a dick it is hard to care.
Eh.
A man meets past girlfriends in hotel rooms to clear air before getting married.
Some moments. Mostly the main character is such a dick it is hard to care.
Eh.
One of my favorites (if not my absolute favorite) of Neil Labute's.
"You write Fiction because that's what you deal in as a person. Fiction"
"You write Fiction because that's what you deal in as a person. Fiction"
Interesting dialogue-- attempt to reconcile past relationship damage proves to be even more complicated than expected.
I guess this man can do no wrong in my eyes. Read it in no time, got to the end, felt dirty, then thought to myself, "yeah, that's about right. That explains it."
Neil LaBute's dialogue and charaters are pitch-perfect and completely of the moment. But the lead and the scenario are diffcult to like. Guy is a pathetic, self-absorbed man-child meeting with his exes (and only the ones that made the top list) to apologize/make amends/use as source material for his fiction before getting married. He's a lost, confused Gen Xer, describing his fiancee as 'some girl' and seemingly unprepared for the emotional fallout of being in touch with former lovers. A harsh, ...more
Revisiting this play for acting class. Still good.
i'm currently doing a production of the deleted scene at the end of this play. neil labute states in his notes about the deleted scene that he thinks it would make a good one act play, and i think it does. this play speaks truth about the fucked up things we do unintentionally to our lovers, and that feeling deep down that we wish we could go back and right things. honestly, who hasn't ever thought about looking up an ex and seeing wha...more
i'm currently doing a production of the deleted scene at the end of this play. neil labute states in his notes about the deleted scene that he thinks it would make a good one act play, and i think it does. this play speaks truth about the fucked up things we do unintentionally to our lovers, and that feeling deep down that we wish we could go back and right things. honestly, who hasn't ever thought about looking up an ex and seeing wha...more
This play is about a guy who is getting ready to get married, but before he does that, he meets with a few of his ex-girlfriends to see why things hadn't worked out in the past. Very very funny. I loved the amount of subtext he played with. Loved it!
Not the best Labute, but it's hard to top Company of Men or Shape of Things. Shape of Things has got to be one of my favorite stories. Some Girl(s) is kind of interesting, but lacks the bite from Labute I've come to expect.
Pretty good play, very easy flowing natural dialogue. Good for scene study class, as everything is one guy one girl.
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Labute is a master of dialogue.
Ending is a bit odd. Not completely satisifying. But overall, a pretty interesting play.
Ending is a bit odd. Not completely satisifying. But overall, a pretty interesting play.
i think i want to be a playwright. i like plays that restore my faith in mankind by not being any more than what people are.
Should I be disturbed or concerned if I connected with this play on multiple emotional levels? Probably.
Love this playwright!
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Neil LaBute is an American film director, screenwriter and playwright.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, LaBute was raised in Spokane, Washington. He studied theater at Brigham Young University (BYU), where he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At BYU he also met actor Aaron Eckhart, who would later play leading roles in several of his films. He produced a number of plays ...more
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Born in Detroit, Michigan, LaBute was raised in Spokane, Washington. He studied theater at Brigham Young University (BYU), where he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At BYU he also met actor Aaron Eckhart, who would later play leading roles in several of his films. He produced a number of plays ...more
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