The deliberate killing of the middle class

Athena 2021-11-22 18:54:20

In this quasi-one-act play, Polanski returns to an original dramatic form:

Imagine putting two people/people with very different values ​​in a room together. What good things will there be to watch?

As the exit of the closed space where the story takes place, the scene of the corridor leading to the elevator plays the role of plot segmentation.

The main characters are here two in and two out, and the audience's strings have just loosened and tightened. Every time the two sides walked to the elevator entrance, a new contradiction arose, pushing the contradiction to a new high.

On the surface, it seems that every time the good old man Michael offered to drink some coffee and wine to save the situation, and Allen unconsciously accepted the good intentions that allowed the story to continue. In fact, it was the middle-class rationality of both sides that allowed the values. The war was maintained.

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Extended Reading
  • Chris 2022-03-29 09:01:02

    The face of civilization. This book is so classic! It was a great feeling to watch this hearty quarrel early in the morning.

  • Beulah 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    It's a sketch with a strong stage play style. The play is nothing new, and it doesn't have any dramatic tension, but it's quite interesting to watch the four big wrist dramas alone, but it's too boring in the last ten minutes. PS: Foster's performance this time is also a bit over the top.

Carnage quotes

  • Alan Cowan: [to Penelope] I saw your friend Jane Fonda on TV the other day. Made me want to run out and buy a Ku Klux Klan poster.

  • Alan Cowan: Morally you're supposed to overcome your impulses, but there are times you don't want to overcome them.