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Review by anonymous
June 19, 2012
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My overall impression
This is an ambitious, entertaining take on Melville’s “Moby Dick” and well worth a peek. The opening is strong, with well directed imagery and strong, clear characterisations setting out the classic tale. Ayla Rose creates an extraordinary, believable Queequeg and Alex Bennett, despite his youth, a convincing, authoritative, driven Ahab. In the middle of the piece the story jumps briefly to the present day with a messy, incoherent, shouty harangue against modern oil politics which doesn’t really work. Back into the tale, and the piece recovers and the ending is powerful, although it doesn’t quite match the quality of the opening.
