fuerza bruta reviews – mixed…
Looks like mostly good reviews, BUT the NY Times didn’t like it.
I have no idea how it’s selling — but such a massive budget surely needed unanimous raves to have a chance at the box office.
Isherwood’s NY Times review pretty much summed up my companions’ opinion when we saw it in London. Like me, he stiffens at the thought of audience interaction but he got out of it lightly — momentarily being mimicked by a performer. I got whacked across the head with drywall, and was covered head to toe in plaster. (In New York magazine, the director said they replaced the drywall with cardboard because audience members were getting injured…)
Isherwood said “Fuerzabruta is another entry in a dependable if not exactly venerable genre: theater for people who don’t really like theater." LOL. It may not be venerable, but it’s the genre we like to call home!
Link to New York magazine comment on Isherwood at Fuerza Bruta