The mAsHeR

What I liked

The actors do there absolutely best. Some were stronger than others, but ultimately everyone made for an entertaining evening and some of the material they had to work with could be very powerful if the show is dramaturged a bit. There is so much potential in what this show is trying to ultimately do in critiquing the MeToo movement.

What I didn't like

I had many questions regarding the system this show takes place in. Is the government killing incarcerated men? Why? And also, why are the women as complacent in it as they are. Some of the men they talk about killing are guilty of killable offenses, certainly. But some of the men they talk about are not. Is the message of this show, if you do wrong you deserve to die? If so I guess I just disagree with it. If not I think the writer needs to reevaluate here character’s relationship to the system they are a part of. I maybe understand the intent, but the effect is making me think the writer is of the opinion death is the answer to every problem.

Some scenes felt really long at times when they didn’t really need to be. That’s just a personal preference, especially if you’re trying to make time cuts for the frihge

My overall impression

Overall, a very strange show I’m not sure how to feel about. It was entertaining at times and dramatic at times but I’m not sure I think the message as a whole is morally positive. The women in the show are taking control of their own lives, which is all well and good, of course. But then they start deciding the lives of other people. Men on issues of immigration, race, etc. No matter what the ultimately decide about them, I don’t think any one person, let alone only three, people should be deciding if a person should be dying for what ever it is they did. Three people in a room with a button cannot be allowed to decide between life and death. That’s unjust no matter how moral it seems.