He laced the first pitch he saw from Reds starter Luke Weaver for a scorched lineout the opposite way, and his next time up he went the other way again, taking a 1-1 fastball high off the Green Monster for an RBI double, the 200th of his career.ĭevers later won a 10-pitch at bat to draw a huge walk in the seventh, which loaded the bases for Justin Turner, but the Red Sox couldn’t capitalize. That combination has limited Devers’ overall effectiveness, and Wednesday he made a clear effort to at least swing more aggressively on the first pitch. “Obviously he’s an aggressive guy but at the end of the day you still have to control the strike zone.” “He hasn’t walked in months, so that’s part of the equation,” Cora quipped pregame, only a slight exaggeration since Devers had just two walks in 94 plate appearances in May entering the night. 286, on pace to be the worst of his career by far. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is on at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre tickets are on sale through to October 2022.On one hand he’s been unusually passive on the first pitch, a trend Cora said has gone on for the past 15 games or so. On the other hand he’s been more aggressive than usual later in the at bat. While he’s remained among the most prolific run-producers in the league, he also has an on-base percentage of just. If you have been able to see the longer version, 10 points to you – but unless you’re a huge fan, there is little reason to spend even more hours on it.
You’ll still whoop for all the wonderful magic, but this distilled version reinforces just how much this play has always functioned as a greatest hits tour of all things Potter: there are time turners, dementors, the invisibility cloak, trips into the Forbidden Forest, magical duels and plenty of surprise reunions with dead characters.
What is inarguable is that someone thought the change was important.Ĭrucially, the abridged Cursed Child is not better for being shorter. Whether giving Harry a son who seems ever-so-slightly queer has anything to do with Rowling’s now public views on trans people, aired since the play debuted six years ago, is unknown and unlikely ever to be confirmed by anyone. The sub is gone from the subtext Scorpius’s female love interest in the original is now a platonic friend. Six years on, it is clear someone felt it was now appropriate. The original show was criticised for “queerbaiting” Albus and Scorpius, but director John Tiffany – who is gay – then said it “would not been appropriate” to make the nature of their relationship any clearer. (Albus’s older brother James is forgettable now their sister Lily is entirely gone.) One major character, who is secretly a villain and was included in much of the original show, is now barely on stage at all, making their big reveal feel a little wet.Īnd yet, among all the cuts, one scene has noticeably been added: in the second half, Albus takes Harry aside to inform his father that he will have to accept Scorpius as “the most important person in my life”, a declaration made with weighted urgency and one that his father benignly accepts.
Some characters are dropped entirely and go unnoticed others are reduced to the point that you wonder why they are included at all. There was something interesting in seeing more of her boy hero as an adult man, trying to give his children a healthy childhood while reckoning with his undeniably traumatic one. (I felt for many of the actors who, towards the end, are literally sprinting on and off stage.) Somehow, there are even more magic tricks: no matter how many times you see this play, it’s hard to resist the joys of all the fiery explosions and optical illusions.īut gone is much of the background richness that, while not essential to the story, gave a better sense of Rowling’s world maturing. Exposition is rattled off like we’re at the races, lighter fluid can be seen splashing across the stage as the actors twirl about, and scenes change at breakneck speed. But with the new cuts, The Cursed Child is now even plottier, and there is still a lot of it to steam through. ‘No matter how many times you see this play, it’s hard to resist the joys of all the fiery explosions and optical illusions.’ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre.
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