When Woolf debuted in 1961, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee's masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games. By the evening's end, a stunning revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play's razor-sharp dialogue and the stripping away of social pretense, Newsweek keenly foresaw Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as "a brilliantly original work of art-an excoriating theatrical experience, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire that will be igniting Broadway for some time to come."
第一遍看的时候先看了前两幕,其实感受是有点抓狂的。但是后来知道了这个剧本写作的时间,也渐渐能理解这部作品中一些有某些设定的理由。 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?写于美国冷战时期,而冷战的特点之一就是没有硝烟的战争。这个过程弥漫着一种令人紧张的气氛,生怕下一...
评分I remembered that when I first read this novel, I got shocked by the dirty language and the twisted plots and I just can't believe that there could be such a couple antagonizing each other like that and having an so imperfect marriage, but that's the author...
评分 评分 评分虽然Albee说"A writer who happens to be gay or lesbian must be able to transcend self",但(目前为止)每一部都好基!
评分9 You bring out the best in me. 世上最深的恨意无非在朝夕相处的两人之间,一边是黑夜里爆炸开的雷声,一边是掩住的耳朵。爱恨至极,就化成一个孩子,我用他嘲笑你懦弱,你用他讽刺我疯魔。G妙语连珠不假,但最好的章节都出自M的独白。作者必然洞悉了婚姻,这种歇斯底里往前倒退几步,温和收敛一点,就是我见。也想起许多其它绝望的人际关系体验,真心仇恨时,就是连月亮都可以为之争吵的。在夜里,谁不被未竟之事久久折磨而嘶吼辗转着。第二层指涉:对混乱无序现实的神话历史化(显微镜,染色体,理性化语言建构抽象/话语权争夺,truth and illusion)终将徒劳失败;贯穿始终的酒饮,如狄奥尼索斯挺身争斗阿波罗;大写必然性与“西方文明”叙述突然出场,叫我想起昆德拉,双重嵌套荒谬。
评分Who's afraid of the big bad wolf调侃成Virginia Woolf除了谐音梗,也因为教历史的George以知识分子自居,没有比Virginia Woolf更好标榜自己品味的了(一句俏皮话让Woolf躺枪好多年然而真的跟她没关系)。重读时感受最深的是夫妻之间若决定伤害对方,戳的全是命门,针针到肉,没有回头路,但另一方面他们能编造出一个儿子来维系彼此的情感婚姻又让人很百感交集。社会对一个家庭的期许和压力让里面的人困兽斗,由权威父亲造就的女儿无法独立回应和处理丈夫的需求,孩子是维系关系的纽带不得不生成幻象,一旦打破便岌岌可危。两对couple互为时间镜像,就结局而言比早期的The Zoo Story还是有希望一些,后者真的太绝望了。
评分读本子的时候就觉得黯然神伤得不行,看了Boston Publick Theatre 2009年的演出才觉得Albee的伟大。太伤神,太心酸!
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