Our Town: A Play in Three Acts

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It's a hit!

Love this play! I read it for school this last year... It's a reminder of how the simple things in life are quite often taken for granted. For exam... (show more)

Love this play! I read it for school this last year... It's a reminder of how the simple things in life are quite often taken for granted. For example, towards the end Emily says goodbye not to extraordinary or magnificent things in life, but to clocks ticking, hot baths, sunflowers, sleeping, etc! "Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you." An oh so very true statement indeed! (show less)

 

 

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No, it's a flop!

I read this play under rather odd circumstances. At the time I was in the middle of another (A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt, which I have als... (show more)

I read this play under rather odd circumstances. At the time I was in the middle of another (A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt, which I have also reviewed), but my mom approached me and asked me to go through Our Town in order to talk my younger brother through a paper he had to write on the subject. He hated it, and I can't say I thought much more of it. Despite its classic status, you have to admit that this is one strange piece of literature. From the plot to the stage mechanics, everything strikes me as bizarre, and somewhat unsettling. It must have caused quite a stir when first staged. I did, however, find the juxtaposition of different views of reality interesting; there is the interpersonal, psychological reality shown through the dialogue and relationships, the "meat" of the play, and then there is the material reality represented by the figures and facts the stage manager recites. There is no doubt that Wilder knows what he's writing about; his representation of a small town is very convincing, just as it was in his masterful screenplay for Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt. (show less)

 

 

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  Haunting in its simplicity, yet profound in meaning. At once charming and philosophical, Thornton Wilder's masterpiece conveys the terrors and joys of everyday life as effectively as anyone.

   

   

  by J.z. Buckley on Aug 08, 2008 at 02:52AM

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  Very simple, but Thornton Wilder gets his point across. Life is full of repetitious, mundane things, but those things make up life. We should seize each moment. Look around and see all the wonder in the here and now because time doesn't stop marching.

  Very interesting use of minimal setting changes. A lot is left to the imagination. Funny how our minds can fill in the blanks because we all have many similar experiences.

  I don't believe in the afterlife portrayed, but it was an ... (show more)

  Very simple, but Thornton Wilder gets his point across. Life is full of repetitious, mundane things, but those things make up life. We should seize each moment. Look around and see all the wonder in the here and now because time doesn't stop marching.

  Very interesting use of minimal setting changes. A lot is left to the imagination. Funny how our minds can fill in the blanks because we all have many similar experiences.

  I don't believe in the afterlife portrayed, but it was an affective way to make one stop and consider how we waste the time we have so often living self-centered lives. (show less)

   

   

  by Facebook-användare on Jul 10, 2008 at 02:30AM

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