Dysfunctional Relationships in Neil LaBute’s Stage Writing The article represents an analysis of Neil LaBute’s dramaturgy, in particular his play, Bash and the “beauty” trilogy – Reason to be Pretty, The Shape of Things, Fat Pig – where individual existence and actions are expressed as a direct consequence of someone’s appearance, determining, for better or for worse, the human soul. The reflection explores the scenic world of the playwright starting from the influences of American authors such as David Mamet, Arthur Kopit, Sam Shepard and English authors such as Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, John Osborne. LaBute’s dramaturgy consists of direct and crude plots and an extreme and grotesque fragmented language that opposes modernist dogmas, trying to show to the audience the contradictions of contemporary mass society and human existence. The aim of the text is to highlight how LaBute abandons the paradox of the deconstruction in the postmodern theater, as well as discontinuity and excess in order to redefine the link between an aesthetics of the body and the actions that follow it.
Il saggio propone un’analisi della drammaturgia di Neil LaBute, in particolare Bash e la trilogia della bellezza – Reason to be Pretty, The Shape of Things, Fat Pig – dove l’esistenza e le azioni individuali si articolano come una diretta conseguenza del nostro apparire, determinando, nel bene e nel male, l’animo umano. La riflessione approfondisce il mondo scenico del drammaturgo partendo dalle influenze di autori americani come David Mamet, Arthur Kopit, Sam Shepard e autori inglesi come Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, John Osborne. Si evidenzia una drammaturgia che, attraverso trame dirette e crude e un linguaggio frammentato estremo e grottesco, si oppone ai dogmi modernisti, tentando di offrire al pubblico un percorso di conoscenza che mostra le contraddizioni della società di massa e l’eterno dramma dell’umano. Il fine è evidenziare come LaBute abbandoni il carattere paradossale della decostruzione del teatro postmoderno, la discontinuità e l’eccesso per ridefinire il legame fra un’estetica del corpo e le azioni che ne conseguono.
Le relazioni disfunzionali nella scrittura scenica di Neil LaBute
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2022-01-01
Abstract
Dysfunctional Relationships in Neil LaBute’s Stage Writing The article represents an analysis of Neil LaBute’s dramaturgy, in particular his play, Bash and the “beauty” trilogy – Reason to be Pretty, The Shape of Things, Fat Pig – where individual existence and actions are expressed as a direct consequence of someone’s appearance, determining, for better or for worse, the human soul. The reflection explores the scenic world of the playwright starting from the influences of American authors such as David Mamet, Arthur Kopit, Sam Shepard and English authors such as Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, John Osborne. LaBute’s dramaturgy consists of direct and crude plots and an extreme and grotesque fragmented language that opposes modernist dogmas, trying to show to the audience the contradictions of contemporary mass society and human existence. The aim of the text is to highlight how LaBute abandons the paradox of the deconstruction in the postmodern theater, as well as discontinuity and excess in order to redefine the link between an aesthetics of the body and the actions that follow it.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.