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landofnowhereThe Thousand Eyes, A. K. Larkwood. Sequel to The Unspoken Name, which I enjoyed but didn't remember that well -- but had no problem picking up here. Generally fun so far, definitely RPG-ish.
Henceforward, Alan Ayckbourn. Play readaloud. Dystopia written in 1988 -- basic plotline is that a composer and generally terrible person fixes up a robot girlfriend in order to get custody of his 13-year-old daughter Geian (who I read). The plot twist that nobody saw coming (including the person who had seen the play at the time, and forgotten it) was that Geain is in fact a trans boy -- and very insistent on his pronouns, even though the stage directions, along with the rest of the cast most of the time, misgender him. So yeah, sigh, there was a bunch of transphobia in the play, mainly from Geain's parents, who are generally terrible people, though given it was 1988 it could have ben much worse. Fortunately we the play readers were very much on team Geain (even if he needs to get over his sullen misogynist phase), and I enjoyed reading him. Everyone wants a fix-it ending with Geain and the robot living happily ever after!
Anyway, that play was An Experience, though not one I plan to have again. It was fun to see the 1988 view of the future, where everyone has landlines and answering machines, except for the one guy who is up on the newest gadgets and has a "wafer-thin" phone, which he then has to attach to a separate answering machine if he can't take a call, and has a separate GPS gadget, as well as a personal alarm system (ok that last one is mainly there for laughs).
Henceforward, Alan Ayckbourn. Play readaloud. Dystopia written in 1988 -- basic plotline is that a composer and generally terrible person fixes up a robot girlfriend in order to get custody of his 13-year-old daughter Geian (who I read). The plot twist that nobody saw coming (including the person who had seen the play at the time, and forgotten it) was that Geain is in fact a trans boy -- and very insistent on his pronouns, even though the stage directions, along with the rest of the cast most of the time, misgender him. So yeah, sigh, there was a bunch of transphobia in the play, mainly from Geain's parents, who are generally terrible people, though given it was 1988 it could have ben much worse. Fortunately we the play readers were very much on team Geain (even if he needs to get over his sullen misogynist phase), and I enjoyed reading him. Everyone wants a fix-it ending with Geain and the robot living happily ever after!
Anyway, that play was An Experience, though not one I plan to have again. It was fun to see the 1988 view of the future, where everyone has landlines and answering machines, except for the one guy who is up on the newest gadgets and has a "wafer-thin" phone, which he then has to attach to a separate answering machine if he can't take a call, and has a separate GPS gadget, as well as a personal alarm system (ok that last one is mainly there for laughs).
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Date: 24 Feb 2022 02:36 (UTC)