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	<title>Pica Pica &#187; theatre</title>
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	<description>A magpie&#039;s nest</description>
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		<title>Thom Pain (Based on Nothing)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Total failure to engage the audience. <p>Read more... <a href="http://alex-wilding.com/2009/08/thom-pain-based-on-nothing/">Thom Pain (Based on Nothing)</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jason Blake gave this piece, a monologue written by Will Eno, a <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/arts-reviews/thom-pain-based-on-nothing/2009/08/02/1249152504960.html" target="_blank">good review</a> in the SMH. We saw it last night, and I must say that I have no idea why. A more spectacular failure to engage the audience is a rarity. But the theatre was warm, the seat was reasonably comfortable, it was only a bit over an hour long, and after all these years of Buddhism I have at least a slight level of skill in resting my mind in its own nature, so I was able to let the time pass pleasantly enough.</p>
<p>There were good points: Sarah noticed that the line &#8220;The dead horse of a life we beat, all the wilder, all the harder, the deader it gets&#8221; was quite telling. And about 50 minutes into the show Luke Mullins, the actor, went &#8220;Boo&#8221; quite loudly and unexpectedly, so the audience was momentarily a-flutter as we all exclaimed a light &#8220;Hooh!&#8221;. So that was amusing.</p>
<p>Otherwise it came across to me as a self-indulgent ramble through an angst I didn&#8217;t feel &#8211; even vicariously &#8211; peppered with humour that was as sophomoric as the title.</p>
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