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Interview with the Sphinx

di Jack Matthews

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In this provocative & immensely irritating comic play, the Sphinx from ancient Greece is interviewed in modern times as though she were a celebrity pop star. The problem is she never answers any questions - never directly anyway. Instead she prefers just dishing the dirt on everybody. ON HOMER: "I never was exactly sure which one Homer was. I'm positive he wasn't the blind one, though; that was just a silly story they started telling a few centuries later". ON OEDIPUS: "Eddie was terribly conceited, you know of course he was smart and handsome and, oh, just had a way of carrying himself that impressed everybody. In spite of his foot." Bit by bit the Interviewer learns that what happens in Greek legend didn't happen exactly the way Sophocles described it. Fortunately, the Sphinx offers the Interviewer another riddle if only he could figure out what exactly it is! This witty 67 minute audio play stars Jill Brumer as the Sphinx and Neal Gage as the Interviewer. Part Tom Stoppard, part Monty Python, part Oscar Wilde, this play by Jack Matthews combines philosophical paradoxes with fast-paced verbal pyrotechnics. It offers the perfect antidote to people who remembered ancient literature as nothing but stuffy and melodramatic characters with hard-to-pronounce names. Neal Gage is a Houston actor and teacher who has appeared in several features and comic sketch videos on Funny or Die. Jill Brumer has an MFA in Media & Performing Arts and teaches theater at Houston colleges. Jack Matthews (1925-2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright and former professor in Ohio. The play was first published & performed in 1992; later it was revised & expanded for the 2013 audio production.… (altro)
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Interview with the Sphynx is a gem if you understand the source material. The play by Jack Matthews follows a one-act structure following a man sitting in the dark attempting to interview a woman who won't give a straight answer to any questions. The woman is the Sphynx. The man is, well, that's a secret.
This is a great play for mythological history buffs, with plenty of jokes, references, and an amusing reveal at the end that can only be described as the purest form of tragic comedy. Lovers of wordplay will appreciate some of the arguments, and the voice cast does a good job as well. As described, or forewarned, if you prefer, the play is deeply irritating and I really appreciate the effort that went into making it so.
Thanks to Robert Nagle with Personville Press for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review, it was very much appreciated. ( )
  TMLbuds34 | May 6, 2023 |
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In the model of philosophy posing as fiction, two people sit in the dark and argue about the meaning of words. A sphinx and an interviewer (who is no more a real person than the sphinx) debate the meaning of truth, reality and perception without ever doing anything more than turn on the lights. "All riddles are questions, but not all questions are riddles." I've waded through several of these - Daniel Quinn's Ishmael, Ichiro Kishimi's The Courage to Be Disliked - both come to mind. This might be better than those because it is shorter and more contentious. At least this one sets aside the 'wise teacher'-'eager student' dynamic. There's conflict aplenty here (which undercuts what we're supposed to believe that the interviewer is an experienced professional from nearly the first exchange). But what I want from a play is characters who are strongly drawn, who are really people with lives and backgrounds that brought them to this moment. I want them to interact, come into conflict, and to be changed by the resolution.
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  jscape2000 | Aug 17, 2022 |
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This was far more amusing than I could have imagined. The Sphinx kept giving convoluted, nonsense answers, much to the annoyance of the interviewer. When he’d try to do it back, she’d just shrug it off, which made it even more hilarious. I couldn’t stop laughing the entire time.

A big selling point of this audio play is easily the narrators. They did a superb job, it really is like listening to a real play, just without the visual aspect. I recommend this to anybody who wants a good laugh.

NOTE: This copy was provided to me free of charge as a digital review copy. The opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone, I was not paid or requested to give this book a certain rating, suggestion, or approval. ( )
  Korra_II_Royal | Jun 21, 2022 |
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This was an interesting one act play about an interviewer (Oedipus) interviewing the Sphinx about her life and times. The Sphinx is an enigma, she answers questions with questions and lists of words but never a solid answer. As the poor interviewer becomes more and more frustrated with her word play it is revealed to the audience that he is actually Oedipus although he is self unaware of this. He bristles at the Sphinx for calling him 'Eddie'. It is a very funny and clever play with lots of jaunty, fast paced dialog. If you like intellectual word play you will enjoy this listen. I would recommend checking out the wikipedia page on Oedipus before listening for a quick refresher on the greek myth this play is loosely based on. Recommended. ( )
  erinclark | Jun 13, 2022 |
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As an actor, I have always read a lot of plays. I can imagine who should be cast and as a director I tend to direct it in my mind. The only way I see this play working is if someone wonderful, like Eddie Izzard was one of the four cast members. Very "high brow" and would not be a night of fun for the general public. The audience should all be Mensas. Sorry, that's my opinion. ( )
  LINIE | May 27, 2013 |
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In this provocative & immensely irritating comic play, the Sphinx from ancient Greece is interviewed in modern times as though she were a celebrity pop star. The problem is she never answers any questions - never directly anyway. Instead she prefers just dishing the dirt on everybody. ON HOMER: "I never was exactly sure which one Homer was. I'm positive he wasn't the blind one, though; that was just a silly story they started telling a few centuries later". ON OEDIPUS: "Eddie was terribly conceited, you know of course he was smart and handsome and, oh, just had a way of carrying himself that impressed everybody. In spite of his foot." Bit by bit the Interviewer learns that what happens in Greek legend didn't happen exactly the way Sophocles described it. Fortunately, the Sphinx offers the Interviewer another riddle if only he could figure out what exactly it is! This witty 67 minute audio play stars Jill Brumer as the Sphinx and Neal Gage as the Interviewer. Part Tom Stoppard, part Monty Python, part Oscar Wilde, this play by Jack Matthews combines philosophical paradoxes with fast-paced verbal pyrotechnics. It offers the perfect antidote to people who remembered ancient literature as nothing but stuffy and melodramatic characters with hard-to-pronounce names. Neal Gage is a Houston actor and teacher who has appeared in several features and comic sketch videos on Funny or Die. Jill Brumer has an MFA in Media & Performing Arts and teaches theater at Houston colleges. Jack Matthews (1925-2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright and former professor in Ohio. The play was first published & performed in 1992; later it was revised & expanded for the 2013 audio production.

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