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akellkell's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
lilliputien_'s review against another edition
2.0
Huge disappointment. I loved "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" but this one was simply not entertaining, and, although I'll need to look into the analysis of it, it didn't seem that deep or complex either.
stupidpieceofhuman's review against another edition
5.0
my thoughts on "a delicate balance" or what's the problem with rich, white, and privileged americans 101 by edward albee...
this play started off as very confusing for me as it startled me as a reader through its unconventional dissection of the storytelling and narrative progression. that was something unique i found at first until i read the whole play. this is the first time i have read albee and it was breathtaking, heart-stopping reading experience. i didn't expect what was in the end. it also looked like darren aronofsky slightly copied this element for his film, "mother!". this play started out as a satire of rich, white american's lifestyle surviving through chaos and their careless indifference to their own family members. that was ruthlessly portrayed in this play. but if it's not that, then albee has ingeniously fooled me. also, i want to say something about the third act of the play which is all about late realisations about their mistakes. it also has a structures of tobias which has immortalised the play in my honest opinion. that scene is alone classic, unique, and bloody brilliant.
now, about the characters. overall, claire's character stands out as a mighty character who stands against the supposedly patriarchal oppressive structures. some might find her character as an obnoxious one but she is a very different character from the others and that's something extraordinary in this play. she singled out herself as a sane woman by pretending as an 'insane' one. she is like 'the joker' who just wants to watch the whole world burn. but, in the end, you feel simultaneously pity and sympathy for each and every characters. this play's triumph is to carve out the raw human behaviour through the inconsistencies of human nature. this is something that blew my mind away, completely.
two grand american plays back-to-back. awesome, awesome experience!!
this play started off as very confusing for me as it startled me as a reader through its unconventional dissection of the storytelling and narrative progression. that was something unique i found at first until i read the whole play. this is the first time i have read albee and it was breathtaking, heart-stopping reading experience. i didn't expect what was in the end. it also looked like darren aronofsky slightly copied this element for his film, "mother!". this play started out as a satire of rich, white american's lifestyle surviving through chaos and their careless indifference to their own family members. that was ruthlessly portrayed in this play. but if it's not that, then albee has ingeniously fooled me. also, i want to say something about the third act of the play which is all about late realisations about their mistakes. it also has a structures of tobias which has immortalised the play in my honest opinion. that scene is alone classic, unique, and bloody brilliant.
now, about the characters. overall, claire's character stands out as a mighty character who stands against the supposedly patriarchal oppressive structures. some might find her character as an obnoxious one but she is a very different character from the others and that's something extraordinary in this play. she singled out herself as a sane woman by pretending as an 'insane' one. she is like 'the joker' who just wants to watch the whole world burn. but, in the end, you feel simultaneously pity and sympathy for each and every characters. this play's triumph is to carve out the raw human behaviour through the inconsistencies of human nature. this is something that blew my mind away, completely.
two grand american plays back-to-back. awesome, awesome experience!!
charlotte141's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
tinkerer's review against another edition
4.0
I would like to see this performed now. I didn't find any of the characters likable, and yet I sympathized with all of them at some point.
ld2's review against another edition
5.0
This was my first introduction to Albee and I can instantly understand why this play won the Pulitzer. There are so many layers to this play with the real action happening underneath the surface.
htetrasme's review against another edition
5.0
Emotionally harrowing, exhausting, and revealing -- and violently funny. Old themes of love, fear, and obligation made violently immediate.
sookieskipper's review against another edition
2.0
Bunch of annoying and despicable characters arguing.
Along the lines of Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf, Albee dedicates an entire play about absolutely nothing. Only that this is repetitive and tad boring.
Along the lines of Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf, Albee dedicates an entire play about absolutely nothing. Only that this is repetitive and tad boring.
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