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Lädt ... The Boys in the Band: A Play in Two Actsvon Mart Crowley
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Several gay friends and lovers gather in an apartment for a birthday party in 1960s New York City. The first act leavens their inherent angst with humor. The second act is all angst and raw emotion. An outsider, ostensibly straight, propels the plot by injecting the type of hypocritical disapproval they have banded together to repel. An emotionally complex play from a different time, but it still resonates. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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The Boys in the Band was the first commercially successful play to reveal gay life to mainstream America. Alyson is proud to release a special 40th anniversary edtion of the play, which includes an original foreword by acclaimed writer Tony Kushner, along with previously unpublished photographs of Mart Crowley and the cast of the play, and subsequent film. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This play is simultaneously celebrated and castigated for portraying its gay characters the way it does. The characters are archetypes and are not the most flattering portraits, but, being archetypes, they're based on a reality. Even in today's enlightened times I've known similarly stunted and irritating people (and have some of those traits myself). 'Boys' is relevant and would be even if it hadn't been one of the first successful plays with a majority of gay characters.
The problem I had with it is that, because I was reading it, and that they were pretty much all horrible people, I lost track of who was who except for the straight one. They all blended into each other and I had to keep flipping to the front of the book to remember who was who. As that's more my fault than Crowley's I don't have any objections to this play. Bring on the unflattering self-hatred, bring on the tossed aside luxurious sweaters, and the lady pronouns, and most of all, bring on the hissing and spitting. The story its trying to tell isn't any less valid because it doesn't fit some nobler purpose for a political or social cause. That said, whether you're reading this for its landmark status or for camp pleasure, don't go into it expecting some universal message. ( )