Re: will and plays

josh feldmeth (joshfeldmeth@mail.utexas.edu)
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:09:33 -0600

"Ehaos, control, chaos, control; you like, you like."  Eloise Kittredge,
Stockard Channing.  That's my favorite line of the movie, offered while
showing the two sided Kadensky (sp?). 

Josh

Paul Kennedy wrote:
> 
> I'm getting a guilty feeling because I apparently started this thread by
> mentioning (favourably, as I recall) the movie version of SIX DEGREES OF
> SEPARATION--within which is embedded a loathsome little monologue about
> CATCHER.
> I actually LIKED the movie very much--especially the very literate script,
> and a brilliant performance by Donald Sutherland  (who deserves an Oscar of
> his own for his colourful political past:  son-in-law of the father of
> Canadian socialism, blah, blah, blah....)  There were moments in the first
> ten minutes when scenes were juxtaposed cinematically, in a manner that I
> couldn't imagine ever even trying on the stage.  But I'd LOVE to read the
> play!  I'll just skip the part where the protagonist imposter starts talking
> about Mark Chapman.
> 
> My guilt, though, arises from the fact that Will (who can defend himself,
> for sure) is now being attacked as some sort of boorish puritan who hates
> the thee-uh-tur--when nothing, I am sure, could be further from the truth.
> He loves the Yankees (which IS a problem!), but he doesn't hate the theatre,
> or he'd have to hold his nose every time he read a paragraph about at least
> half of the Glass family....
> 
> Paul
> 
> PS--I managed to sneak my OSO into the final few words of this missive, as I
> hope you've all noticed!