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Sep. 26th, 2010 11:34 amSo I just finished A Dream Play -- the Strindberg, not the Caryl Churchill adaptation, though that's next -- for two of my classes.
I'm . . . kind of distressed to find that Strindberg and Helium is such an accurate depiction of Strindberg. Though now that I think about it, I think I thought the same thing when I saw The Father sophomore year. Mostly, though, I'm just distressed by the content. It's pretty bleak and hopeless -- although Wiki points out that it came after a time in Strindberg's life when he was nursed to health by a woman, and reflects his new sympathetic view towards them. A nice change from the horrible misogyny of The Father.
I have to design a moment from the play for one class; it's going to be nigh impossible for me not to put a pink balloon into every scene. Dutiiiiiies!
Ugh. Who's got something cheerful for me?
I'm . . . kind of distressed to find that Strindberg and Helium is such an accurate depiction of Strindberg. Though now that I think about it, I think I thought the same thing when I saw The Father sophomore year. Mostly, though, I'm just distressed by the content. It's pretty bleak and hopeless -- although Wiki points out that it came after a time in Strindberg's life when he was nursed to health by a woman, and reflects his new sympathetic view towards them. A nice change from the horrible misogyny of The Father.
I have to design a moment from the play for one class; it's going to be nigh impossible for me not to put a pink balloon into every scene. Dutiiiiiies!
Ugh. Who's got something cheerful for me?
