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Torch Song Trilogy received a batch of mixed reviews from a broad range of written media such as TIME, Newsweek, The New York Post and The Wall Street Journal. It has been described as “too long and inconsistent,” “poignant and unabashedly entertaining,” and “the play most committed to the classic values of family and fidelity to come along in years…Without one dirty word, no nudity and not a single leer or smirk, “Torch Song Trilogy” tells us a great deal about the absurd but anguished shifts in our sexual and emotional arrangements.”
Almost all of the reviews praise Mr. Fierstein for his wonderful performance “a living and breathing theater all by himself”, one reviewer saying, “I cannot- and do not want to- imagine anyone else playing Arnold.” As TIME said, “Like the very best actors, he does not play a part, he inhabits it.”
The New York Post gave a glowing review, saying, “For gays TST could, with it’s positiveness, be a sort of manifesto. For straights it could be a tourist trip to an alternative country. For playgoers it’s a fun evening in the theatre, with sad undercurrents of what makes the fun funny.”
The funniest review was from The Wall Street Journal who felt the need to explain that the drag character was a “female impersonator, popularly referred to as a drag queen.” That same review uses “homosexual” five different times, but never once “gay.” However, Mr. Fierstein would be proud to know that he “transcends the homosexual emphasis of the evening and makes Arnold a person with whom everyone can empathize.”
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