Eyona Ubugcisa 'Wonke umntu ulungile noVirginia Woolf' Unika iAlbee i-Spank elungileyo ngaphaya kweKnee

'Wonke umntu ulungile noVirginia Woolf' Unika iAlbee i-Spank elungileyo ngaphaya kweKnee

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Kulungile Wonke umntu noVirginia Woolf .UJoan Marcus



Kunyaka ophelileyo, indawo ye-Edward Albee yawavukela amalungelo emidlalo ePortland, e-Oregon Ngubani owoyikayo uVirginia Woolf? Ngoba? UNick, uprofesa webhayoloji webhongo, wayezakudlalwa ngumdlali we-Afrika-waseMelika. Umlawuli onxungupheleyo wathumela kuFacebook, kwaye kungekudala abaphathi beAlbee bagwetywa ngenxa yengqondo yokoqobo malunga nobuhlanga.

Ndiqinisekile ukuba banokuba nokuthambekela kokukhanya okuluhlaza kukaKate Scelsa kwi-riff freewheeling ngo-1962. Kwi Kulungile Wonke umntu noVirginia Woolf , UNick (uMike Iveson) umhlophe ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa ubhala ne-slash fiction malunga ne-vampires yamadoda kunye ne-werewolves evela Ngorhatya I-franchise ikhonkco kwaye ikhulelwa (i-subgenre ebizwa ngokuba yi-slash mpreg). Kodwa, hey: Ngubani owoyikayo iAlbee estate? AyisiyiSselsa. Ukuxubana kwakhe ngokuphindaphindiweyo, i-polysexual, i-queer-feminist dance remix ibuyisa ukuba u-harridan u-barren ongenalo igama lika-parody. Nantsi i-cocktail yasehlotyeni esisiqhamo yabantu abathanda ii-yuks zabo ezibanzi kunye nokusikwa kwabo kuncwadi okunzulu.

Kulungile wonke umntu iqala njengendawo yokubonela yasekuhlaleni UWolf , Gcwalisa ifanitshala yokugcina ngokungafanelekanga kunye ne-cheapo epeyintwe ngasemva eyoyikisayo ngomnyango ngamnye (faux-naïf ebekwe nguLouisa Thompson). Ukuzivalela ngokuziphatha kukaGeorge (Vin Knight) kungena kwaye ukrokra umgca oqhele ukoyiswa nguMartha: Yeyiphi inkunkuma. Ukuqiniseka, ukulahla yile nto uScelsa, umlawuli uJohn Collins kunye neqela labo, iNkonzo yokuLungisa i-Elevator (i-ERS), banayo le ngqondo: Idiphozithi yobuninzi bemidlalo yeqonga kunye nezitayile, izicwangciso zobhalo lwasemva kwexesha kunye ne-pop trivia. Kulungile Wonke umntu noVirginia Woolf .UJoan Marcus








UMartha (u-Anne McNamara, u-brassy, ​​ubuncwane be-mercurial) ungena emva komlingane wakhe aze amxelele ukuba balindele iindwendwe-kuye oye wachitha zonke iimfihlo zabo: Unesini kwaye ndiyintombazana encinci. Sinonyana ocingayo kunye nenja yokucinga kwaye ndiyithande ngakumbi inja kwaye ubulele unyana. Ngokusisiseko zonke izinto ezothusayo zika-Albee ezisendleleni, uGeorge noMartha bamkela isibini esincinci uHoney (Epreli Matthis, oddball oddball) kunye noNick (Iveson). Vumela imidlalo iqale.

UMartha ufuna ukulala umntu, nabani na ; Ubusi buyaphalaza ukuba akakhulelwanga; UNick ubhabha malunga ne-slash fiction. UGeorge ufundisa uTennessee Williams kwikholeji, oko kuthetha ukuba emva kweyesithathu (okanye yesithandathu?) IMartini, uqala ukubhengeza iziqwenga Ikati eluphahleni lweTin eshushu kwaye Isithuthi esinegama lesitrato kwi-Dixie ye-drag-queen screech.

Inqaku elinye elibalulekileyo kukubona uK Knight, ubukho obomileyo bokuqala, bamisa inkampu kunye nokushiya i-perky u-Iveson encumile ngokungqengqa esofeni. Ekhitshini, uMartha uhlahlela phantsi kwimilenze yenkukhu (a nod to the movie version of UVirginia Woolf Ngelixa ujonga ukubanakho kweswinger kunye nobusi. Ukubhengeza ukubhekisa kwimbonakalo yendoda kunye nokuhluthwa kwabasetyhini kugqume xa uMartha efumanisa ireferensi yeWoody Allen kwigumbi elilandelayo. Oku kunyanzelisa uMartha ngomsindo ukuba abethe imimoya engendawo esibelekweni sakhe / kwikhaya lakhe ngokutshisa isilumko njengoko esazisa uGeorge noNick: `` Xa ababhali abangamadoda abathandanayo besebenzisa abantwana njengesafobe bathetha ngokungafihlisiyo ngobunono be-egos yabo ebusweni bokungakhathali hlabathi!

Ewe, le yeekethi zeethiyetha ezigcina u-Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick kwishelufa lokuhlambela. Iskripthi sikaScelsa yibhombu ebengezelayo ye-meta spoofery kunye neereferensi ezihleliweyo, ukusuka eIbsen naseWilliams ukuya Umyolelo kunye noGrace , uhlalutyo oluvuyisayo lwababhali abangamadoda abenza abasweleyo, abafazi abayingozi. Umbhali odlalayo akabuyisi uMartha kuphela; Ulahla umthunzi eBlanche DuBois, Maggie The Cat, kunye noHedda Gabler. Njengoko Kulungile wonke umntu ijikeleza kwisenzo sesibini nesesithathu (yonke into iyimizuzu engama-75), iyakhula iyaqhekeka kwaye iyothusa, de iseti iwele kude, irobhothi yenza i-cameo kunye ne-George enetyhefu kwilokhwe yokuprinta yeentyatyambo-ukuhambisa uBlanche DuBois Esihogweni ngumfazi vampire. (Gcina izikhalazo zakho; akunakwenzeka ukuba wonakalise le mpazamo.) Kulungile Wonke umntu noVirginia Woolf .UJoan Marcus



Intwasahlobo kaJohn Collins, umdlalo weembaleki wenza ihlaya ngalinye lokufunda nokubhala ngelixa ungafakwanga kwinto yokubona (cue istro house house!). Nangona umlawuli kunye nomphembeleli ophambili we-ERS ekholisa ukuba ngomonde ahlaziye uncwadi oluqhelekileyo (oluvela kuShakespeare's Ukulinganisa iMilinganiselo ku F. Scott Fitzgerald kwindawo entle kakhulu Ityuwa ) ngaphezulu kweminyaka, uyakwazi, yazi, ukubeka inqanaba lokukhupha umdlalo wempama. Nokuba ku Kulungile wonke umntu mfutshane kwaye ifikeleleke ngaphezulu kunezinye iiprojekthi ze-ERS, iseyinto eshinyeneyo yokuluka ithiyori kunye nokudlala, imbeko ( umxholo ?) kunye nongenelelo lwenkcubeko. I-Scelsa ibonisa ukuba ungamthanda u-Edward Albee, ngelixa umnika ispani esilukhuni edolweni. Goba ngaphezulu, uEddie, kwaye uyithabathe njengendoda.

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