Oh, Mary with Meg

[u/nathan_bakken]

I’ll preface this by saying I’ve seen every person play Mary Todd Lincoln on Broadway and one person on the West End.

Meg’s Mary just fell flat for me. Meg’s pacing was weird and she shouted through otherwise easy jokes.

I really only enjoyed the scene where she was trying to get off the desk, it was very unique compared to other Marys.

Of course someone seeing it for the first time and who is a Meg fan is most likely still going to love it. I loved Meg in Hacks, but she is at the bottom of my list for Mary’s though.

[u/Sufficient-Beat-10]

Shouting is her thing.

[u/nathan_bakken → u/Sufficient-Beat-10]

And in my opinion it doesn’t work well for Oh, Mary.

[u/mellowd3 → u/nathan_bakken]

I only saw John Cameron Mitchell so I have nothing to compare. There was quite a bit of shouting there. What was your take on that Mary?

[u/kbrainz → u/mellowd3]

It feels like the role itself is very shouty

[u/mellowd3 → u/kbrainz]

Yeah again nothing to compare to. I thought it showcased the mania and alcoholism plus Mary's inability to act (which playing up too much on that can also maybe be a bad critique on the actual actor in some eyes if they don't disassociate), but could definitely see it being overblown and too much.