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proximoception56. Uncle Vanya
Mamet's version, the one from Vanya on 42nd St though I think some of Act I gets cut. I like Mamet's Chekhov better than Stoppard's or anyone else's - his take on dialogue somehow just fits these stifled, petering out people. And I think he did these versions before he became thoroughly awful. He was always latently awful, but achieved some good plays and movies wrestling with it.
57. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
I was happy to be compelled to reread this since I'd read the last chapter hungover, in that strange hungover kind of reading where you turn the pages unhappily, registering all but not caring, just to be distracting yourself quietly till you feel better. I loved the book till then, both times, but still don't love the last chapter though it's very interesting as a manifesto and setup for Ulysses.
Mamet's version, the one from Vanya on 42nd St though I think some of Act I gets cut. I like Mamet's Chekhov better than Stoppard's or anyone else's - his take on dialogue somehow just fits these stifled, petering out people. And I think he did these versions before he became thoroughly awful. He was always latently awful, but achieved some good plays and movies wrestling with it.
57. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
I was happy to be compelled to reread this since I'd read the last chapter hungover, in that strange hungover kind of reading where you turn the pages unhappily, registering all but not caring, just to be distracting yourself quietly till you feel better. I loved the book till then, both times, but still don't love the last chapter though it's very interesting as a manifesto and setup for Ulysses.
