Talented playwright David Hare presents a brief view of a large part of English people who supported the Brexit cause, were happy about it for a while but later on
got disenchanted when many of the promised things didn't happen and other problematic situations started to interfere in everyone's lives. "Brexit Shorts: Time to Leave"
presents the lovely Kristin Scott Thomas playing a middle-class lady who was very supportive of UK leaving the European Union believing many improvements would take place
but little by little she realises that the awaited miracle didn't happen and it all seemed as if being an economical/social/political improvisation was at place. And I like
that she mentions that she wasn't so extreme like many voters and Brexit supporters were with racist and anti-foreign sentiments, which in time also made her reconsider her
thoughts about supporting such.
Like many extremist from certain political movements that rose to prominence in the past couple of years throughout the world, this was a
small and considerate piece about how people with a conscience can change their minds and their minds by truly admitting something is wrong with their choice which poses as
status quo, are the drive force behind everything but that doesn't mean those forces are right. One can and must reconsider things in politics, not just because of personal
reasoning but above all because of global issues, what those significant changes cause within the community I live in, the people that can get directly affected by a change
in the game and etc. I don't exactly how problematic Brexit end up being except for the descriptions made by Kristin here that many wrongs weren't corrected and what was good
that got changed it got some troubled results.
A brief yet interesting project with an outstanding performance by Scott Thomas, just having a quiet day in her backyard but worried about the state and shape of things
in her country. The dynamic of things and the settings as presented show a great paradox that serves its purpose: even when things are apparently, they're not. And she knows
it! 8/10.
