Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Last Sunday, a couple of us went and watch a Footstool Players Production called Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Guess Focus on the Family sorta asked them to do something along relationship among families and boy girl.

And with a strong great cast (been following them for years now), and a more subtle Christian approach with this production, i must say i came out feeling somewhat with mixed feelings.

They always have been awesome for their past productions, with their strong Christian theme provoking your thoughts and getting the message across clearly and strongly. This time around, i guess its the whole Love theme.

The first half was awesome, many funny moments, very logical and somewhat portrays the boy girl relationship thing very nicely and with funny outtakes and a poke at the realities of being in a relationship. It somewhat made me think that the way the world defines love is often misleading and self-seeking, but in the whole sense, its unselfish, its sacrificial and often than not, unreturned.

But thats what makes life interesting, if not for love, would God even bother about us?
And when you do find that someone, won't it be a million times better than when you tried but found no one?

The 2nd half was the one that gave me mixed feelings, i understand why they have to put it in such a way, but EMO plays?!?!?!?!?! SHOOT ME!

Wait, ok unfair, i must give them credit for good acting and nice script, yet it somehow felt cliche and the message was already conveyed from the start, but have to sit thru about 10 minutes of a play which you've already known the message is for me, less comfortable, tears weren't poured out, because there are sadder stories out there.

Sadly, if the emo-ing can be mixed with occasional laughter and some comic relief, i would have gave it 3 thumbs up, if only i have 3 thumbs.

But i would say its pretty good, the first half was a step up from previous productions, the 2nd half was alright.

Catch it! Something to provoke your mind if you've been watching the idiot box for too long and your brain is at its all time low capacity.

Tomorrow and Sunday it'll be at SIBKL, and they'll perform at BLC too.

http://footstoolplayers.com/current.htm

click the link, find out their location, go, its free. or you can wait for the higher end production of the same play at KLPAC.

Love is crazy. It drives people crazy, its crazy to pursue.