Are intellectuals accustomed to "moral degeneration"?

Alice 2022-03-25 09:01:19

This time, Sally Porter puts her usual feminist and queer elements into a short but well-structured chamber drama.

The box, called Political Allegory and Midlife Marriage Crisis, is packed with the cynical insights of intellectuals, the irrational game between contemporary science, religious culture, and the gypsy-esque mysticism of life, and the perpetually elusive multifaceted relationship. interpersonal dangers.

The door is opened, please enter the urn, and the drama will be staged. The growth of the dramatic plot and the accumulation of extreme emotions in the limited space shocked Bill in the seat with two slaps in the middle, and also awakened the audience in the seat.

In particular, Sally Porter chose to use a slightly playful sense of intimacy between the same sex to dissolve the contradictions caused by the two sexes. After a brief overview of the relationship between the characters, you will find the author's image hints of same-sex intimacy: the fastest reconciliation comes from a positive embodiment of the same-sex couple, and the new life to be conceived brings to the old hippie-like feminists. Emotional anxiety with his lover; Apollo and Janet's mutual encouragement and Janet's failed heart opening, implying another same-sex relationship hidden in the dark; Tom, who planned to use violent means to solve the marriage problem, ended up lying on the ground. Beside Bill, I hope he wakes up quickly to make up for his impulsive and hurtful fault; two men who share a woman are looking for common ground under the guidance of a "life mentor"... Everything progresses in the form of farce, but There is an inevitability behind it.

The biggest reversal of the film is also the key to uncovering the contradictions between the characters, which comes from the subjective shots that echo from the beginning to the end. When the farce was moving towards reconciliation, the woman who never appeared but controlled the emotional direction of everyone stood at the door.

The door opened again, and Potter, who was in charge of the question, threw all the answers to the audience...

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The Party quotes

  • April: You're a *first* class lesbian and a *second* rate thinker. Must be all those women's studies.

  • Martha: I too am frequently described by internet trolls as an embarrassment, or worse. Much worse, actually. Is it a crime to be an embarrassment?