“Farm Boys” at Brokeback Farm, Voodoo picks of ‘Oscar’ WinnersBuzzin' Lee Hartgravebyline‚ Jan. 26‚ 2007FARM BOYS Farm Life on this farm is not that unusual. And, I have heard many of them. After all, what is a farm boy going to do in all that open space except maybe getting corn-holed once in awhile. This doesn’t mean that Farmers are necessarily Gay – it probably has more to do with boredom and availability. In this story we see a static set -- a front porch of the Farm House where a returning Farm Boy, who lived in this house for a time, with a Farm Veterinarian He has recurring images of his child hood where he grew up. We learn about his unhappy relationship with his father, and how he meets the Vet, who is just newly divorced. These are all fine and good stories, but something is not working here. The acting is pretty good. Not great, but passable. I tend to believe that the reason this play doesn’t work is that the play is not very well written. It has been extracted from Will Fellow’s book ‘Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest. With permission from Fellows, Dean Gray and Amy Fox turned this story into a stage drama. Unfortunately the story churns along slower than a pea pod trying to peek out of the field. Life may be boring on the farm – but this farm is buried in hay. |