That Herald review excerpt struck me too. First to excite me before-hand, then ironically, after the fact.
I don't mind good scat.hum, but the old lady kind of made Mr. Hankey seem like Noel Coward in comparison (now there's a line I wish I'd used in the review!).
I hadn't thought of the play as "cold", largely because I gave (and give) Burkett's intentions the benefit of the doubt. I think we were actually supposed to care, but he didn't communicate whatever it was he was trying to say well enough to make us do so. (Or maybe I'm remembering Happy through the proverbial rose coloured glasses.)
Maybe I'll re-watch Last Night. I liked it when I saw it a decade or so ago (was it really that long? Maybe). But my favourite end-of-the-world story is probably still The Kraken Wakes.
Re: Some wit, some humour, but missing the humanity
I don't mind good scat.hum, but the old lady kind of made Mr. Hankey seem like Noel Coward in comparison (now there's a line I wish I'd used in the review!).
I hadn't thought of the play as "cold", largely because I gave (and give) Burkett's intentions the benefit of the doubt. I think we were actually supposed to care, but he didn't communicate whatever it was he was trying to say well enough to make us do so. (Or maybe I'm remembering Happy through the proverbial rose coloured glasses.)
Maybe I'll re-watch Last Night. I liked it when I saw it a decade or so ago (was it really that long? Maybe). But my favourite end-of-the-world story is probably still The Kraken Wakes.