Stephanie Jane recenzis The Explorers Club de Nell Benjamin
Entertainingly silly
3 steloj
I received a download of The Explorers Club via AudioSYNC. The book is actually an audio recording of the successful play, produced by LA Theatre Works, and so is only about an hour and a half long although it does also include an interesting interview with scientist turned writer Eileen Pollack. One of the first women to study physics at Yale, Eileen reveals that little in the way of attitudes towards women in science has changed since the Victorian era!
The play itself is quite silly, but entertainingly so, and has a serious message behind its shenanigans. Our heroine, Phyllida, has returned from discovering a lost tribe, bringing one of its number with her. Grudgingly impressed by her scientific endeavours, the all-male Explorers Club consider allowing her to join their ranks, but cannot countenance her sitting in the same room for Brandy And Cigars. Sexism, racism, religious dogma and class …
I received a download of The Explorers Club via AudioSYNC. The book is actually an audio recording of the successful play, produced by LA Theatre Works, and so is only about an hour and a half long although it does also include an interesting interview with scientist turned writer Eileen Pollack. One of the first women to study physics at Yale, Eileen reveals that little in the way of attitudes towards women in science has changed since the Victorian era!
The play itself is quite silly, but entertainingly so, and has a serious message behind its shenanigans. Our heroine, Phyllida, has returned from discovering a lost tribe, bringing one of its number with her. Grudgingly impressed by her scientific endeavours, the all-male Explorers Club consider allowing her to join their ranks, but cannot countenance her sitting in the same room for Brandy And Cigars. Sexism, racism, religious dogma and class snobbery all combine to produce a humorous farce. I did like that the characters all had good accents (no Dick Van Dyke moments!) and the cast understood their comedic timing, but there was unseen physical comedy as well which left me with a sense of missing out.