For a play that sets its stall as a black comedy, however, it is no laughing matter - in any sense.
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John Malkovich works overtime to squeeze depth into David Mamet’s predatory Hollywood tycoon Barney Fein.
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David Mamet’s new play is billed as a dark farce and an attempt to examine the #MeToo movement from an unfamiliar angle. But instead of prompting nuanced discussion, it has the rancid smell of clickbait.
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Its first half is broadly what you might expect, and kind of okay if you’re willing to overlook the relentlessly male viewpoint and total lack of subtlety...But the extremely brief and sketchy second half is just bizarre.
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Malkovich makes his return to the West End stage, after more than a 30-year hiatus, in David Mamet’s new play about the Harvey Weinstein scandal, but it never fully reveals the psychological depths of this depraved character.
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Malkovich re-affirms his idiosyncratic charm and nonchalant aura. It’s great to see him but he’s not enough to tip the balance fully in the evening’s favour.
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And then he's written Bitter Wheat, which is not really a play at all but an unfocused and tawdry howl of anger which unforgivably wastes the talents of its greatest asset, its leading man John Malkovich.
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Flabby, cynical and pointless...Malkovich, a brilliant actor, isn’t brilliant here. He delivers everything in an unceasing monotone, like someone doing some drilling next door.
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