Comments on: Port City Playhouse Terra Nova http://www.showbizradio.net/2007/04/20/review-pcp-terra-nova/ Theater Info for the Washington DC region Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:34:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin Kirby http://www.showbizradio.net/2007/04/20/review-pcp-terra-nova/comment-page-1/#comment-16179 Kevin Kirby Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:37:51 +0000 http://www.showbizradio.net/2007/04/20/review-pcp-terra-nova/#comment-16179 The combination of the set and lighting were very effective for Terra Nova. The non linear and parallel time and place were very handled very effectively. In one particularly beautiful scene, Scott is simultaneously invited to come inside a small tent in the middle of an infinite, harsh, frozen plane and into the warm cozy bed with his beautiful and loving wife. There is a powerful, calm, silent moment when Scott chooses his fate. Scott and his team undertook this impossible mission for country, and glory, and immortality. They risked everything… and lost. It is a harsh reality of life that no matter how hard you try that sometimes things don’t work out the way you want. Scott’s complete and absolute loss is palpable… but in his final reflections… he does not regret taking on the challenge and living life to the fullest. The story is indeed sad. Doubtless, there were contemporary explorers who deemed the challenges too great and the stakes too high. They gave up without trying. Perhaps their lives are the greatest tragedy… they are certainly a less compelling story. (Antarctica is a desert with an annual precipitation less than that of the Sahara.) The combination of the set and lighting were very effective for Terra Nova. The non linear and parallel time and place were very handled very effectively. In one particularly beautiful scene, Scott is simultaneously invited to come inside a small tent in the middle of an infinite, harsh, frozen plane and into the warm cozy bed with his beautiful and loving wife. There is a powerful, calm, silent moment when Scott chooses his fate.

Scott and his team undertook this impossible mission for country, and glory, and immortality. They risked everything… and lost. It is a harsh reality of life that no matter how hard you try that sometimes things don’t work out the way you want. Scott’s complete and absolute loss is palpable… but in his final reflections… he does not regret taking on the challenge and living life to the fullest.

The story is indeed sad. Doubtless, there were contemporary explorers who deemed the challenges too great and the stakes too high. They gave up without trying. Perhaps their lives are the greatest tragedy… they are certainly a less compelling story.

(Antarctica is a desert with an annual precipitation less than that of the Sahara.)

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