Tracy Letts

Todd Solondz is an American independent writer/director with a knack for edgy dark dramas that also work as mordant social satires. The chosen topics, some of them controversial, range from loneliness and depression to child molestation, suicide, rape, as well as abnormalities and peculiarities within a particular family. His incisive filmmaking style and depressing tones are preserved in “Wiener-Dog” his latest dark comedy-drama that follows a cute brown dachshund as it changes owner and moves

In August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, a woman who is in pursuit of stabilizing her family discovers that them being apart is the only way for that to become a reality. It is apparent that Barbara is the protagonist because the majority of the action involves the various members of the family revealing their secrets to Barbara, whom Violet opposes her). Burkean analysis reveals two major themes within the script: times when Barbara is in control and times when others are in control. Although Barbara

Bug is a 2006 film directed by William Friedkin starring Ashley Judd Harry Connick Junior and Michael Shannon. It categorized as an independent psychological horror movie and it is based on the 1996 screenplay by Tracy Letts called Play of the same name. The movie is centered on a man named Peter is an ex-military man obsessed with bugs that he believes have been sent by the government to take track of him. Peter falls in love with Agnes because of loneliness and lives a pretty delusional life with

In their own way, the plays Topdog/Underdog, August: Osage County, and Art all show the reader that some amount of possibly insane behavior is inevitable in a long-lasting relationship involving family members or close friends. Furthermore, these plays even suggest that these borderline crazy actions may be necessary in order to obtain desired outcomes within those relationships. All three of these plays look at the lives of people who have strong ties to one another, whether it be due to choice

similar roles in their families and/or society itself, they can also be at the same time polar opposites. One example of this is the mother, Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Violet Weston in August Osage County by Tracy Letts. Both characters, Amanda and Violet are the matriarchs of their families. Both mothers experience in a similar way, the tragic loss of their husbands. Amanda and Violet both experience the loss of their husbands. In August Osage County, Violet

In the play August Ostage County written by Tracy Letts, the stage direction and setting cause a metaphor throughout the whole drama. The play may focus on the characters and plot, but the way that each one them move through the story can certainly tie together the whole idea that the writer is trying to get a crossed. In the very first line of the prologue, the house is explained as, “A rambling country house outside Pawhuska”. With that very first line you can already get an idea that it is not

It offends today, but we look harder and we know, it will not offend tomorrow. Having commented upon how the In-Yer-Face term came to be and how the phrase changed over time, it will be mentioned at this point how this theatre scene developed its place since it was first recognized by the public. In-yer-face theatre always shocks audiences by its language and images; unsettles them by its emotional frankness and disturbs them by its questioning of moral norms. Most in-yer-face plays are not

A growing sense of concern about violence in communities across America has prompted many people to step back and evaluate the causes of this violence. Although there seem to be many contributing factors, one that is repeatedly highlighted is the depiction of violence in the media. A substantial amount of research has been done on certain forms of media, especially television and video games, while other forms have been almost completely neglected. In this paper, I will attempt to extend the implications