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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Beast of a play. SO long. But an interesting show!
Horribly pessimistic take on endurance of humanity - man persists in spite of apocalypse, spirits of all the thinkers that came before us, etc, etc but ended feeling like that is nothing to want to believe in - why be proud of merely persisting? Like a lump persists. Or at least like a sand dune on the shore rebuilding itself - feel like this is the easiest message in the world to sell and he didn’t even try. Just a couple of monologues where wilder bangs out bits of his manifesto on the persistence of the human spirit interspersed between man having things happen to him and being disappointing. Truly cannot believe this wasn’t his intent - wild reading his letters from the time and seeing it really was all earnest and optimistic. What??
That being said very fun to see staged. The kind of play that a production can have a lot of fun throwing itself into and making its own. Funnier, too, but I think that’s probably true of everything.
That being said very fun to see staged. The kind of play that a production can have a lot of fun throwing itself into and making its own. Funnier, too, but I think that’s probably true of everything.
challenging
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm sure this book deserves 5 stars. I'd love to give it 5 stars. There is a small problem:I don't understand it--at least not the deeper allegorial, metaphorical meaning. Oh sure, I get the surface level Adam and Eve, Lilith and Cain, dinosaur vs. God debate, ultimate evil and we haven't--apparently--changed at all since the beginning of time.
Other than that, I'm lost. :/. I need to reread this...
Other than that, I'm lost. :/. I need to reread this...
What an incredibly weird play. I have a hard time reconciling in my mind the fact that this was written by the same playwright who wrote Our Town. The entire time I was reading it, I wished I was watching it on stage, because it seemed more like a play that needs to be seen rather than read.
I may have read this play, but I really couldn't tell you what it was about. I think Thornton Wilder wanted this to be humorous, and honestly there were times that were kind of funny, like when he broke the fourth wall. I also was never bored, just super confused. I'm sure that Wilder had a lot of themes and lessons he wanted us to leave with, but I couldn't tell you what they were. The plot jumped around a lot and the characters almost always talked nonsensically. It was a good thing this was short, because otherwise I would have been confused for days. Please excuse me as I go and search the internet for answers.
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“The beauty of being alive is that one has the opportunity to learn something new every day.”
Well, a bit unexpected after reading Our Town. First thought, what did I just read? A funny, yet, reflective story of the Antrobus family, word play of “antropos”, first human. Full of biblical and topical of it’s day allusions. They survive an ice age, flood, and war. Can humanity rebuild over and over again by working together? Fitting being written in the early days of WWII.
Well, a bit unexpected after reading Our Town. First thought, what did I just read? A funny, yet, reflective story of the Antrobus family, word play of “antropos”, first human. Full of biblical and topical of it’s day allusions. They survive an ice age, flood, and war. Can humanity rebuild over and over again by working together? Fitting being written in the early days of WWII.
Given the reinterpretation of Wilder's career, and especially the staging of Our Town, wanted a taste of his writing. Interesting to see an Absurdist drama in the US during WWII. Read the Samuel French edition, with all the accompanying details on outfits and stage props and such.
Reading his bio in Wikipedia, also of interest his "relationship" w/ Samuel Steward.
Will read more Wilder. I find it intriguing that the man who wrote such works as "Our Town" and "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" (albeit early in his career)would later write such self-conscious literature (the "fourth wall" *often* comes down in this play), Absurdist pieces.
Reading his bio in Wikipedia, also of interest his "relationship" w/ Samuel Steward.
Will read more Wilder. I find it intriguing that the man who wrote such works as "Our Town" and "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" (albeit early in his career)would later write such self-conscious literature (the "fourth wall" *often* comes down in this play), Absurdist pieces.
adventurous
dark
funny
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes