Hello! Katie directed her f-list towards this entry, and being a Sheen fan, I wombled over for a look.. Just thought it was interesting about the 'deus ex machina' device:
I found this play, and my lack of knowledge about the political background, quite inspiring, and I went off to gather every book I could find on Watergate, Nixon, Woodward and Bernstein (who, oddly, don't get a mention in this play), and so on. And I discovered that Frost wrote a book about the interview process, of which I read a bit, before I became bored -- Peter Morgan is perhaps a pacier storyteller than David Frost.. But something I do remember is that they had the 'new evidence' right from the start. They had it several months before filming began, and always knew they'd use it in the last interview to knock Nixon for six. Obviously, this might've removed any sense of urgency from the play's plot, so Morgan rejigged events a bit.. but if it felt a bit convenient and artificial onstage, that's because it WAS artificial. Jolly good play though, all the same!
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Date: 2007-01-22 04:03 am (UTC)I found this play, and my lack of knowledge about the political background, quite inspiring, and I went off to gather every book I could find on Watergate, Nixon, Woodward and Bernstein (who, oddly, don't get a mention in this play), and so on. And I discovered that Frost wrote a book about the interview process, of which I read a bit, before I became bored -- Peter Morgan is perhaps a pacier storyteller than David Frost.. But something I do remember is that they had the 'new evidence' right from the start. They had it several months before filming began, and always knew they'd use it in the last interview to knock Nixon for six. Obviously, this might've removed any sense of urgency from the play's plot, so Morgan rejigged events a bit.. but if it felt a bit convenient and artificial onstage, that's because it WAS artificial. Jolly good play though, all the same!