Catastrophe

I feel for the most part that the play and the performance was pretty much the same but there were some a couple of glaring differences to me. First, where was the director's cigar? He is of high standing. A man that is suppose to be going to a caucus later so why didn't he smoke his cigar? The cigar is placed in there to show standing and high class especially when he makes his assistant run over and light it three times! I feel this is an important aspect of class in this play that Printer should not have left out. I think the fact that she gets out a flashlight might have to do with the subtle hint that a director's life is more difficult then the play portrays (It could simply be that the actor did not want to portray smoking during his scene). This could also be why the director never sits in his armchair as well. In the play he spends pretty much the entire scene sitting down in either his armchair or off camera in the theater. However, in the video play he is up and walking around with his assistant until he has to go off to the theater seats. I think Printer did this to show that his job was a little more difficult then it was being portrayed.