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InВ an effort to address the current climate in the NationвЂ™s capital with this current administration, Willimon gives us Republicans saying the things we liberals are imagining they are saying to one another (вЂњ Everyone needs to calm down, shut out the noise and keep their shoulders to the wheel. And because of that, itвЂ™s not always that much fun to watch. This is not a play that will give any relief from our present day political problems, or a distraction from the news cycles that seem to be on repeat every day. Much is said about the man occupying the White House right now, the вЂOrange MonsterвЂ™ as I like to call him, although nothing that we havenвЂ™t heard before on CNN or between friends. The Parisian WomanВ is best left to be discovered for its twists and turns though, because within those plot points is the playвЂ™s finest qualities. The first scene between Thurman and the well-healed Peter, played to perfection by Marton Csokas (Goodman TheatreвЂ™s Uncle Vanya) sets up the dynamic with a light-hearted ease with brilliance stitched into every bit of word play. It constantly surprises with its smart and sassy dialogue that would slip so easily into his now cancelled D.C. The playwright, who, not surprisingly, is behind the dark and thrilling вЂњ House of CardsвЂќ and the politically charged play, Farragut North, has written a very current and complex play. With that in mind, I didnвЂ™t enter the Hudson Theater to see Beau WillimonвЂ™s new drama, The Parisian Woman with Uma at the forefront of my mind, nor with that same blasГ© attitude I have towards her as a performer, but I was filled with curiosity. IвЂ™ve been told (numerous times now) that I need to give those films a shot, and I guess IвЂ™m willing but with reluctance. I didnвЂ™t stay away because of anything in particular, but I am not the greatest fan of him, especially the way he as the director tends to parallel comedy with unneeded violence.

I never did see the two-part Tarantino films, вЂњ Kill BillвЂњ, that everyone raves about. SheвЂ™s always good, or at least good enough in my eyes. IвЂ™ve enjoyed her in some of the films such as вЂњ Dangerous LiaisonsвЂњ, вЂњ GattacaвЂњ, the spectacular award-winning вЂњ Hysterical BlindnessвЂњ, even the charming and very likable films, вЂњ My Super Ex-GirlfriendвЂќ and вЂњ The Truth About Cats and DogsвЂњ. IвЂ™ve never really thought about Uma Thurman with any particular strong opinion of her as an actress.

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