{"id":17797,"date":"2025-02-19T01:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/truth-review-julian-assange-play-is-hard-going-with-flashes-of-brilliance\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T01:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:37:19","slug":"truth-review-julian-assange-play-is-hard-going-with-flashes-of-brilliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/truth-review-julian-assange-play-is-hard-going-with-flashes-of-brilliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth review \u2013 Julian Assange play is hard going, with flashes of brilliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Merlyn theatre, the Malthouse<\/strong><br \/>Five actors play the WikiLeaks founder \u2013 but instead of exploring different, contradictory parts of his character, they form a united chorus of complaint<\/p>\n<p>The playwright Patricia Cornelius and the director Susie Dee have been in a collaborative creative partnership for decades, producing some of the most searing and politically provocative works of theatre Australia has seen.<\/p>\n<p>You might think a new play about Julian Assange and the vagaries of global geopolitics would inspire them to new heights. But, while there are flashes of brilliance throughout, Truth fails as an act of agitprop and is hard going \u2013 and faintly dispiriting \u2013 as an act of drama.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2025\/feb\/19\/truth-review-julian-assange-play-is-hard-going-with-flashes-of-brilliance\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/cde0b79bb10dcc55e73c9a6d8e70e60e6e80478b\/0_133_2000_1201\/master\/2000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=35a0e85402bcc86f3af5e303768df520\" title=\"Truth review \u2013 Julian Assange play is hard going, with flashes of brilliance\" \/>Merlyn theatre, the MalthouseFive actors play the WikiLeaks founder \u2013 but instead of exploring different, contradictory parts of his character, they form a united chorus of complaint<br \/>\nThe playwright Patricia Cornelius and the director Susie Dee have been in a collaborative creative partnership for decades, producing some of the most searing and politically provocative works of theatre Australia has seen.<br \/>\nYou might think a new play about Julian Assange and the vagaries of global geopolitics would inspire them to new heights. But, while there are flashes of brilliance throughout, Truth fails as an act of agitprop and is hard going \u2013 and faintly dispiriting \u2013 as an act of drama.<br \/>\nSign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merlyn theatre, the MalthouseFive actors play the WikiLeaks founder \u2013 but instead of exploring different, contradictory parts of his character, they form a united chorus of complaint The playwright Patricia Cornelius and the director Susie Dee have been in a collaborative creative partnership for decades, producing some of the most searing and politically provocative works &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/truth-review-julian-assange-play-is-hard-going-with-flashes-of-brilliance\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Truth review \u2013 Julian Assange play is hard going, with flashes of brilliance<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17797"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}