With delight and schadenfreude, Ash Flanders’ Commentary skewers the male artistic genius

Matt Byrne/STCSA Bold doesn’t even begin to describe Commentary, the new play written by Ash Flanders: an acerbic flaying of public and private personas. Middle-aged film academic and former film maker Nick Atkinson (Gyton Grantley) is preparing the director’s commentary for a retrospective screening of his one film, Low, in the city’s film festival. Made in his youth with his creative partner, Hamish (spoken of, but never seen), the once much-lauded film stars Saskia (Kate Cheel) playing a…