Review of The Singing Detective (2003) by Ron Stringer for L.A. Weekly — 27 Jan 2007
The problem for director Keith Gordon is that Potter's script pares down to virtual nothing the very narrative threads that allowed us, in the full-length version, to identify with his prickly protagonist, and knocks us upside the head with a hyperkinetic, disorienting first act from which audiences -- especially those approaching this material cold -- are unlikely to recover.
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This review of The Singing Detective (2003) was written by Ron Stringer and published by L.A. Weekly on 27 Jan 2007.
The Singing Detective has generally received mixed reviews.
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