Bluets

Today we saw a fringe theater show called Bluets. It was an interesting show that I am still unsure if I liked or not. At first it started off weird talking about a person who wants to sleep with the color blue, but the second part was an interesting dialogue describing what blue represents to this person and how the recent events have affected them. The third part however returned to the obsession over the color blue and was pretty boring. It really reminded me of the Zima Blue episode of “Love Death and Robots” especially the way it wasn’t a living story but more of a person narrating their life with dark tones and shaded imagery. The production overall was quite the experience as it was essentially watching a short form movie being acted, edited, and produced all at once. The choreography was very well practiced between actors and stage hands which made for a seamless viewing experience. I will say that after a while the on stage screen showing the “movie” did get a little repetitive and I found myself being distracted by the operations and movements occurring on stage. The story overall was a mix bag of interesting and compelling and boring and weird. While I do think it was an interesting piece and experience I dont think it would be something I would watch again as it’s just not to my taste. I can’t point out any major flaws within the show. I just didn’t care for it overall. I am very thankful that it was rather short being just over 70 minutes. While I suppose I could see the appeal in fringe theater such as this I will say that I do prefer the more spectacle theater such as hairspray or hamilton. I could recommend it for someone to see as it doesn’t take long and there is merit to it but I just didn’t care for it overall.