Re: Arthur Laurents and Women
- From: "Jon Alan Conrad" <conrad@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: 9 Nov 2005 18:35:50 -0800
Steve Newport wrote:
> victor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Victor S. Miller)
> It's interesting about
> Laurents (perhaps not too surprising) -- all of his female characters
> are really not likeable, or are nutty. And, in this one, the only noble
> characters are the gay (or bi) ones. The only straight man comes off as
> a unlikeable sleazeball.
> -----------------------------------------
> I remember an article of this nature about Albee and his play EVERYTHING
> IN THE GARDEN. (Which is actually an adaptation of a British play.)
Perhaps you're thinking of William Goldman's chapter about that play in
THE SEASON? (For which his hook is "Homosexuals in the theater.")
I'm not sure I buy it about either author, though. First of all, as
noted by Victor, messed-up characters are the stuff of drama. Plus,
when I think of Laurents's women, I see a great variety of people. Sad
but gallant Leona, Rose in GYPSY, the self-examining Virginia in A
CLEARING IN THE WOODS, the two old friends who each sometimes envy the
other in THE TURNING POINT, uncompromising but magnetic Katie in THE
WAY WE WERE -- there's quite a range there, and I wouldn't say that
they represent a simple dislikable / nutty choice.
Jon
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