Philosophy in the Boudoir

I appreciate what happened. And it definitely happened. "Not my thing" would be a good way to describe it. It's shocking, libertinesque, it's a lot of nudity. It still just wasn't my thing. Very presentational, somewhat disconnected. There are some excellent demonstrations of complete control over the human body, as well as a particularly satisfying scene presenting the "rules" of the libertine. Otherwise, I was put off by the plot. It did allow me to see my very first "shit eating grin."... full review

Brave, so brave and committed. As a product of what was called The Revolutionary Theatre of the 60s/70s, I was ready for anything when I heard about this show. I had performed in "Marat/Sade" myself and was a nude hallucination for "Tom Paine". So even given the disclaimers for this show, I swore I would not walk out (and I didn't). I believe that much was lost in translation. A Brazilian company, doing French accents in English, so much to master. Again, so brave but it is not for the weak of heart or stomach and I now have images in my brain that I could do without. Definitely the fringiest of the fringe.... full review

http://www.examiner.com/article/extremities-at-stage-door-rep-preview-of-hollywood-fringe ... full review

Very well done! Epic Theater at it's best. ... full review

Certainly makes you think, and a fairly good theatricalization of the text. Challenging material, no question about it, but only a few of the cast members were really able to breath life into their characters, so things fell flat at times. ... full review

Read my review, PHALLUS IN BLUNDERLAND, at Stage and Cinema: http://www.stageandcinema.com/2013/06/17/philosophy-in-the-boudoir-hollywood-fringe/... full review

I liked this only because there were naked Brazilians masturbating on stage. Not good theatre, stupid actually. But hey, you got masturbating Brazilians to keep it interesting.... full review

While I was watching this I just wished I was watching "Dangerous Liaisons". Or even "The Libertine". In these works we were treated to a world that was at once erotic, exciting, thoughtful, and disturbing. In PHILOSOPHY, we are treated to... I'm not sure what. I don't know who these people are. Things happen, certainly. Mostly to them. We don't so much as witness the emotional/intellectual transformation of the young virgin so much as we watch her immediately begin to fondle and hit people. Speaking of which, to take a page from the Ebert school of safety, if you're going to have your actors expose and degrade themselves in this way there better be a damn good point. Don't get me wrong, I'm no prude. (And the power of this show is tha... full review

Yes there's a ton of nudity and sex and every deviation of sex you can think of. But that wasn't my problem. After the initial shock and novelty wore off within the first 5 minutes, I honestly got a little bored. My problem was there wasn't a real story. There wasn't a character to root for. No one was really communicating with each other, not even sexually-- it was all for show. It was like bad musical theater but instead of singing it's fucking and masturbating. And if that's all it's going to be, well then hell, might as well rent a good porno. Oh, and, rape is not entertaining. Or funny. You better have a really good reason to include it in your story. Boudoir did not.... full review

I feel like this play wanted to shock me, wanted to blast it's message (which I failed to grasp) through blatant exhibitionism. For me, it achieved neither and instead felt like a loud, overly self-aware drum beat in my ear.... full review