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15 thoughts on Buffy Revamped

I saw Buffy Revamped this past Saturday at the Fine Arts Building's Studebaker Theater with a dear friend. Unfortunately, yesterday was its last day there, but you can visit the Buffy Revamped website to see future cities it's traveling to. Overall, I had a great time! Here are some of my thoughts (NB: since I saw it with a friend, some of the thoughts may be borrowed from/influenced by her)!

  1. I am genuinely so impressed that this was a one-man show
  2. I want to emphasize that the actor (Jacob Jackson) completing this feat is, as I said, a feat because he is on stage alone for 70 minutes pretty much straight and talking nearly the entire time (yes, he does have some dramatic pauses and there were some brief silly slide shows for us to watch while he took a few sips of water, but still!)
  3. While it was just the one actor, it was funny to see him pretending to be Spike pretending to be other characters (especially Angel!)
  4. I do think that given the show does mention Spike's attempted assault on Buffy, it did a good job of handling it
  5. That said, I think I would've just skirted the issue had I been crafting this show
  6. Jackson did an excellent job of handling moments of individual excessive exuberance (e.g. an audience member yelling something like "I LOVE YOU!") as well as moments of collective confused quiet (e.g. the audience as a whole not getting the joke)
  7. The song parodies were probably some of the highlights for me
  8. The show made me want to rewatch Buffy (which I think is one of its goals)
  9. I loved how the show pointed out some goofs that I hadn't thought about before (e.g. why did Oz being a werewolf never come in handy in a fight?)
  10. The actor's accent wasn't the most convincing, but since it was a comedic show, perhaps that was the point?
  11. The lighting and fog were both quite fun and effective
  12. Even though our seats were in the balcony, I actually thought we had an excellent view
  13. I think Jackson making mention of Nicholas Brendon (who played Xander Harris in Buffy) and his passing was done well. It's important to note that Brendon committed domestic violence, and I do not mean to absolve him of that by any stretch of the imagination. While Jackson did not mention Brendon's crimes (which, honestly could've required a trigger warning), Jackson made the point that Brendon was a part of a show that made so many people (including us in the audience) feel seen. It's a tricky line to walk to admire someone's work (or contribution to a work), while acknowledging they were a violent person. Personally, I probably wouldn't have mentioned him at all, but given that Jackson did mention Brendon's passing, I think it was done about as well as it could have been
  14. It had a surprisingly (because it had been so goofy) heartfelt closing (minus the Brendon stuff)
  15. I would definitely go see more work created by Brendan Murphy (e.g. his previous show FRIEND (The One with Gunther))

(Prompt by me)

Buffy Revamped created by Brendan Murphy, directed by Hamish MacDougall, and performed in Chicago by Jacob Jackson



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