“Laughter is such an important part of getting through this pandemic, and when I read the show, I said, ‘This is really funny,’ and it’s a female playwright,” he said. “So, the idea of Minnesotan Norwegian hitmen who are all ‘Oh, sure, yah, we’ll kill your boyfriend, no problem,’ is funny, and we laugh at it.”īecause Papa didn’t know where the world would be with the pandemic a year ago when he selected the show, he decided to select a show that would leave audiences laughing. “The example I always give is if you take a sweet old lady, like a grandma, and then you make her cuss like a sailor and smoke cigarettes, you start to laugh, because it is something you don’t expect,” he said. Papa said that the benign violation theory of humor comes into play when you take something that is benign and violate it, which creates a comedic outcome.
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“So, it creates this interesting concept, which we’re actually going to do a discussion series about this.”
“It’s a dark comedy about these two women who decide to hire hitmen to kill their boyfriends, but, of course, they are in Minnesota, so the hitmen that they hire are like really, really, really nice,” he said.
Papa said he discovered “The Norwegians,” which was a big hit off-off Broadway in 2013 and off-Broadway in 2014, and he said part of its appeal was it had a Coen Brothers “Fargo” type style to it, with eccentric characters and a convoluted plot. “So, I said we had to have something really funny, something that’s really punchy, especially considering that it will be February, and it is going to be cold and frigid, and we want something that is going to warm people up.” “This was the winter of 2021, and we were slated to do ‘Antigone’ as an opener – a classic Greek tragedy – and we knew we wanted to end with a musical, which we will be doing with ‘The Addams Family,’” he said. Yes it on sale for around £25 but I'd pay a little extra and get the 10yo.Papa said the theater department was faced with much uncertainty when choosing its season, and had to make its selections before the COVID-19 vaccine was even available. The 12yo which we used as our 'standard' ended up being just that 'standard'. The 18yo has close behind but I'd pay the extra for the 21yo if I was going that way. The Dark Origins was a real surprise and entirely enjoyable.
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How to the distillers know that the new make it good therefore the whisky will be good?ĭave's thoughts : The 21 really was a lovely dram and I think it was my favourite I really liked the 18 too (not surprising as it is similar to the 21 but sweeter) The 10 is a nice punchy dram and much more interesting than the 12 and 3 of these vs one 18.I'm not sure The Dark Origins was more interesting than the 12 but as the 12 is often £25 per bottle I'd put the Dark Origins last.….I thinkīrian's thoughts : Mmmmm interesting how opinions differ! But that's what whisky is all about!įor me the 21yo and the 10yo come out top - both were really excellent drams but the 21yo costs 7 times as much as the 10. Maybe some citrus too? It's really interesting that the new make smells nothing like the finished drams we have tried. Interesting aroma, as you said savoury, smells like a piece of steak waiting to be grilled. With water, it still has some meaty flavours going on but also the same honey you get in the younger drams.īrian's thoughts : It seems really thick when you pour it. I also think a reasonable slug of water really brings it out too. It is more minerally than the finished whisky too (does that make sense?) The taste of new make is funny because that first taste seems a million miles from aged whisky but actually once you are past that, a fair few of the characteristics are there. Gristy and less peaty than expected. There is fruit in here but more rounded like plums or such like and not as sharp as oranges to me. Finally we had a try of the Highland Park New Make Spirit - this is 60+% ABV straight from the still.ĭave's thoughts : It amazes me how savoury new make can smell and this is no different.