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The Visit, or the Old Lady Comes to Call by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Tony Kushner
4 reviews
thehappyprince's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Child death, Sexual content, and Car accident
annoyingtwig's review against another edition
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Not sure how much this would apply to many people, but the book ending is a lot different from the movie ending. If you watched the movie before you read this like I did, the movie ending set a very different expectation for the actual play than the play delivered. Although Claire (play) and Clara (movie) are the same character, the two versions remove or add details that alter our perception of her and thus the endings are influenced from that as well. I definitely preferred the movie ending as I thought it was a more apt punishment for Serge (movie!Ill) to receive because living knowing that everyone surrounding you would have, at one point, killed you for monetary gain is a great punishment for him to live with. The play ending made sense but I think just letting him die was weak comparatively, although it made sense for the tone of the play. Will say that the ending of this did bring my rating down though.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Misogyny
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Racism, Xenophobia, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
rose_puppy_129's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-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
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol
annapox's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury