| re: Do you think that "Lonely Room" is supposed to be funny too? |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:04 pm EDT 08/17/19 |
| In reply to: re: Do you think that "Lonely Room" is supposed to be funny too? - Michael_Portantiere 04:27 pm EDT 08/17/19 |
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| As I know you know, the practice was common at that time. We see it in Shaw and O'Neill (first two to come to mind). It's now out of fashion to do it for various reasons. If I didn't know that Lynn Riggs was writing about people he knew where he grew up, I'd probably find it pretty silly and perhaps condescending, but we know he didn't mean it that way. Just a guide for actors. I do think if we heard someone today try to really do those all just as he wrote them, it would sound very odd and probably phony, even if it was actually pretty accurate. |
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