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Peach Lover fails at the most basic level of storytelling.
Movement.
Scenes feel written for much shorter runtimes. Instead of adding story or subtext, we inserts long pauses, slow our line delivery to a snails pace, and drag out eye contact.
Silence replaces writing with no depth beneath the pauses.
And, this isn't done for emotional reasons. Whoever wrote this, wrote weak dialogue. Whoever directed this, gave terrible directing instructions. This is not one bad actor, this is one failure of a production.
This show feels actively hostile to watching audiences. It demands patience, without offering payoff or anything of substance.
Not even the insane chemistry of the leads can save this disaster.
Scenes feel written for much shorter runtimes. Instead of adding story or subtext, we inserts long pauses, slow our line delivery to a snails pace, and drag out eye contact.
Silence replaces writing with no depth beneath the pauses.
And, this isn't done for emotional reasons. Whoever wrote this, wrote weak dialogue. Whoever directed this, gave terrible directing instructions. This is not one bad actor, this is one failure of a production.
This show feels actively hostile to watching audiences. It demands patience, without offering payoff or anything of substance.
Not even the insane chemistry of the leads can save this disaster.
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