When I saw Benny's symptoms in the taxi in the first episode, I knew this was my dish, and I gave it four and a half stars in my heart (with half a room left).
It may be a cliché, but it does make a lot of sense: unfortunate people spend their entire lives healing childhood .
Children are bound to be influenced by their upbringing/family, and may continue to be like their parents, or resist their influence, which is more difficult in unhappy families. After all, it is inertia to copy past unfortunate encounters to an innocent and weak party, and it is always easy to let oneself become a "bad guy". The latter needs to recognize "right and wrong", heal themselves, be alert to the shadows of unqualified parents who are inadvertently revealed, and not succumb to instinct... and just not let themselves fall into the quagmire has spent all their energy.
Patrick's inner activities and states resonate strongly: addiction, withdrawals and repetitions, trying to escape from the family of origin but finding traces of them everywhere, trying to escape the world, escape from life... (of course, also not as rich as him)
Therefore, the show is very much in need of acting support, and Benny has done it brilliantly. When I watched Sherlock, I probably didn't feel so deeply about my personal performance because I was involved in the overall plot and I was still young at the time. But in the almost one-man show here, his expression, tone, and behavior show his emotions vividly, completely reflecting the performance of such a person in his heart. Many emotions captured in this play are also delicate and precise, with many pauses and tears.
The whole play has bright colors: rich blue, green, yellow... everything seems to be alive, but what does it have to do with me? I can only hide in a dark corner to survive and struggle to the death.
I long for something to pull me out, but the sun is too harsh outside.
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