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Unsex Me Here @LadyM
2 stars (Out of 5)
Stage 13: La Cite Francophone, 8627 91 St.
It’s hard not to empathize with the plight of LadyM. Having recently had a painful surgery related to her endometriosis, LadyM too quickly returns to life as a lawyer, choosing to bury herself in her work instead of focusing on her recovery. More than that, her husband, M, is an even more successful lawyer who constantly convinces LadyM to put his career needs ahead of her own.
The bones of the story make a good broth, with writer and performer Kerri Bennet at her best when she’s speaking about the challenges of being a woman in a male-led industry. Given that she is a real lawyer off stage, Bennet shines brightest when she channels her real-world experiences and emotions, and you can’t help but be captivated by her final soliloquy.
Unfortunately, the rest of the show is just soup. The use of Macbeth as a thematic frame is terribly thin, with lines from that play inserted into this one in ways that feel like total non sequiturs. Other members of the cast interact with LadyM in “real time” through a video screen, a tactic that fails miserably.
They never felt properly choreographed or rehearsed or even timed out. At one point, you have two people talking to each other “over the phone” on the video screen, and even that wasn’t timed well, leaving pauses so pregnant that LadyM might get jealous.
And don’t get me started on the hamfisted portrayal of influencers as the “three witches” from Macbeth. The show literally labels influencers as the modern-day “stripper” and brushes them all with one coat of paint. That aspect of the show is out of touch, even as cynical mockery.