By: This Week in Mormon Literature, August 18, 2012 | Dawning of a Brighter Day

This Week in Mormon Literature, August 18, 2012 | Dawning of a Brighter Day — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:55:01 +0000

[...] The Happiest Medium. “With so many current trending topics, how could #mormoninchief not be interesting? In fear of burying the lead, I will tell you now that regrettably, it was not. Given the smoothness of the script, I don’t think the author of the book, Matthew Greene, wrote a bad play, nor was the execution faulty. In fact, the three-man show . . . ran efficiently, and the actors professionally played out their characters. But in the end, I wondered why I was watching #mormoninchief . . . Unfortunately, this plot never really panned out, and instead, the viewers watched as they circled around these subjects and beat them into blind boredom. Halfway through the play I wanted it to be done, and, as my savvy companion pointed out, “Right now 140 characters doesn’t seem like such a bad thing.” Maybe if the show cut their hour-and-a-half time down to 45 minutes or an hour, it would have flowed better. They could have easily nicked the character of Kate Walker, played by Danish, Jorgensen’s friend and the wife of his business partner. She came in screeching about her husband ignoring her and then they talked about some dull personal stuff. Then they did it again, and again. At this point, you may ask, what about the Twitter feed? Well, in the end that idea petered out as not only did Jorgensen not tweet again, but also the actual impact of his one tweet was never fully explained. In the end, this left the show flat and fleeting, instead of something to be tweeting.” [...]

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By: This Week in Mormon Literature, August 18, 2012 | Dawning of a Brighter Day