{"id":16826,"date":"2016-11-07T14:04:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T20:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/?p=16826"},"modified":"2017-06-28T21:55:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T02:55:18","slug":"arsenic-and-old-lace-a-murder-worth-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/2016\/11\/07\/arsenic-and-old-lace-a-murder-worth-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenic and Old Lace: A Murder Worth Watching"},"content":{"rendered":"

I lost a ten dollar bill on my way to see <\/span>Arsenic and Old Lace<\/span><\/i>. Frankly, I was upset. Just getting to the play and sitting down ended up being a hefty process which left me agitated and exhausted. I had been looking forward to watching. Deflated as I was, my expectations were higher than ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

I had trouble making sense of what was happening at first. I was thrust into the life of the Brewsters, a very, very peculiar family. Their \u201cpeculiarities\u201d were eventually revealed as a cover to something darker — murder. At that moment, I perked up.\u00a0The wine. The window seat. The dead bodies hauled across the stage.\u00a0<\/span>Now, I was truly engaged. <\/span><\/p>\n

As the plot moved forward, I followed the story without ever stumbling in my understanding of what was happening.\u00a0<\/span>The characters kept me intrigued. Each persona was so unique; I could feel the schemes brewing in Catherine\u2019s words, Dr. Einstein\u2019s exasperated sighs, Mortimer\u2019s anxious gestures. The plot moved in a way that the suspense was tangible and the humor was genuine. <\/span><\/p>\n

The set was versatile and clean. I was impressed by how much story could be told by only viewing one section of the house — I\u2019ve seen plays before that only focused on one section of a house for the entire play, and they were certainly not as successful with telling a cohesive, entertaining story as <\/span>Arsenic and Old Lace<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hieu Nguyen (\u201817)<\/b>, first time IMSA play-goer, gave his thoughts on the set: \u201cI was never aware of how much work some of my friends were putting into it when they simply said \u2018we’re building the set.\u2019\u201c Nguyen said, “on a day where I could have been cramming homework or applying to college, I had no regrets going to see this play — it was truly entertaining and impressed me. I will keep an eye out for the next production.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Most thankfully, Arsenic<\/em><\/span> and Old Lace<\/span><\/i> did a splendid job of restoring my spirits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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