CA 8 Review on Cookies by Oostpool
Iliana Put, e5a, CKV
Fresh, Creepy and a bit complicated
You know them; those virtual parasites which you have to
give permission to on practically every website. They plant
themselves into your computer to basically drown you in
personalized advertisements. Have you, for example, been
looking for a new camera or a flight ticket to Ibiza, then
you will have all sorts of ads on camera’s and flight tickets
next to your facebook-timeline. This is exactly what
happens to Mark, the protagonist of Cookies by theatre
Oostpool.
What happens?
Mark and Kat have a relationship. Together, they live in a very modern house and they
wear modern clothes, which can be seen by all the price tickets that are still on their
clothes. As usually there are no groceries and when Mark comes home they start talking
about their day. Mark tells Kat about a girl he met that day at restaurant Zouk. The girl
had a birthmark on her forehead and Mark found her very attractive which of course
annoys Kat a bit. Suddenly this girl shows up at Mark and Kat’s place, Kat can’t see her,
and she throws Marks life completely upside down as she tries to convince him that he
needs to get ‘more out of him’.
The three actors play fantastic; everything goes
smooth and it’s comical. However, the piece is very
fast and I find it somewhat complicated. The girl
with the birthmark seems to be able to not only fill
Mark’s fridge but also empty spaces in Mark’s life.
She appears, disappears and changes into Kat. To
me it probably was equally confusing as it was for
Mark. But then his intuition suddenly inspires him.
He gets behind his computer and deletes all his cookies. Now all seems to be solved, or
not?
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