| A Dennehy moment I willl NEVER forget | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 06:08 pm EDT 04/16/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Brian Dennehy Dead at 81 - StageLover 01:44 pm EDT 04/16/20 | |
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| In that magnificent production of DEATH OF A SALESMAN with Dennehy, Franz, et al., there's that scene where the whole family is talking together. It's one of their very few happy moments together -- maybe their only one, and I'm pretty sure it's a flashback scene. Willy is blathering on about something, in high spirits. But when Linda tries a few times to enter the conversation, Willy just shuts her down by bulldozing right over her words, completely dismissing her as if he has absolutely no interest in what she has to say, because he's the man of the house, the king of his castle and of his world, and she's just a woman. It's all there in the text, but Dennehy and Franz played it so beautifully that I could feel the whole audience cringe in hatred for him and sympathy for her every time that happened, and I even remember some audible responses of disgust from several spectators. Absolutely unforgettable. |
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