Tenesse Williams, Suddenly Last Summer

OK, I guess. Shrug.

I know little about Williams, but the reflection I see in his play is of someone writing over-dramatically about things he hasn't ever experienced, at least not deeply. The ending, definitely the best part, works as an account of a couple of spoiled rich folks. But I am left feeling that the author overlooked the humanity of the abject to almost the same degree as did Sebastian.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

More raw, more blunt and less real than Catcher , Franny and Zooey is nonetheless a gem. With his philosophical expositions, which come to us via the voice of "Zooey On The Cross," Salinger both expounds and surpasses the argument at the core of Catcher . In Franny and Zooey , we have Salinger in a more caustic pill, one that is less easy to swallow but more honest for its open rebellion. Salinger is railing against rules, especially rules imposed from above by unseen gods of ambition, power, money, religion. He uses the concept of a true, biblical Christ as a foil for orthodox, institutional christs, the christs on stages and altars, the ones who parade through our day-to-day promising reward, release and redemption. Franny's crisis comes not from the Jesus prayer she steadily mouths, but from the realization that she inhabits a false world. She adopts a blank vessel--her own, personal Jesus--and fills it with the things she feels are true. In doing so, she can more...
Read more

Marty SomebodyOrOther, Zag

Skimmed this one. Painful. Full of what are most assuredly worthwhile tidbits for those who would make money. Reminded me I don't care all that much about said pursuit. The entire book could have been replaced by the closing summary without noticeable loss of ideas.
Read more