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Like, all that.
It fits every one of Octavias descriptors except the one thats most important when it comes to theater.
But onstage it feels like a missed opportunity, its drama mundane and its comedy mostly overwrought.
We are on a mission to Resurrect our Fly, announces Imani.
And thats pretty much it.
WhenBLKSoffers ideas, theyre closed off: stances, not investigations.
Seems like all yall want us to do is twerk and die!
Octavia shouts at the audience after June is attacked.
Its the highly game trio of actors at the center ofBLKSthat keep us on board.
But the sum of the plays parts never surprises us, never exceeds our expectations for standard-issue contemporary realism.
So much smart TV actually gets what theater is capable of.
Meanwhile, so much theater is simply trying to be TV.
BLKSis at MCC through May 26.
