Everyman, Liverpool Julian Moore-Cooke is terrific as Padraic, avenging his pet, but the mix of humour and gory violence needs fine-tuning in this revival The joke at the heart of Martin McDonagh's 2001 black comedy has a lot in common with that of The Sopranos. The novelty of David Chase's TV series was in seeing a bunch of New Jersey mobsters not only going about their murderous business but also taking it easy in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM on October 1, 2024