My overall impression
Lambeth Sterling has gone through years of therapy, meditation, visualization, levitation, affirmations and even lived in an ashram – all so we won’t have to. She recounts stories from her childhood, boyfriends and less than sound advice from her parents. At age 12 she asked her mother about babies and where they come from. Her mother’s reply? “It’s called rape!” I think it’s easy to deduce that Sterling’s love life is going to suffer from this miscommunication.
Thus, Sterling goes on a path of spiritual self-fulfillment, in search of love and happiness. Since then, she’s discovered the power of positive thinking is crap. Trying everything to release her emotional baggage – she realizes that’s she going around the problem, not to it. She says, “it never occurred to me that I should just cry.” We are complicated, messy f***ed up people – and you know what? That’s OK. If we just get to the core, take ownership of our pain, heartbreak and hurt, then at least we can claim our lives. And in doing so, maybe we can find someone to help us carry our emotional baggage.
As a real life relationship coach, Lambeth approaches the show as if she was giving us a lesson. Overall her performance is strong, there were a few weak moments. The stories jump around and weren’t always clear, making the connections at times tenuous. That being said – the way Lambeth bares her life’s pain in a completely unsympathetic and unsentimental way, with her dead pan, self-mocking delivery and her wonderfully dry wit is terrific.
http://www.latheatrereview.com/2010/06/18/fringe-day-two-friday-june-18/
