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Date : November 10th, 2011How To Win Your Ex Back
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A compelling drama about dread,
This Mobil Masterpiece Theater production of an adapatation of Arthur Miller’s play is a gripping look at both the dilemma of life Jewish in pre-war America, as well as a fascinating look at how dread can, literally, cripple a life.
The tale revolves nearly a married Jewish couple, the Gellburgs, in Brooklyn in 1938. Mrs. Gellburg suddenly finds herself unable to go her legs, and becomes the patient of Dr. Hyman, played powerfully by Mandy Patinkin. Mr. Gellburg, in a way, also becomes the patient of Dr. Hyman as Mrs. Gellburg’s diagnosis is exposed to be hysterical paralysis — i.e., it’s all in her head.
What Dr. Hyman is left to reveal about the Gellburgs, including both the extremely personal — their marriage and their identity as Jews — and the extremely impersonal — the beginning of the torture and slaughter of Jews in Germany — teaches fantastic lessons about the choices we make in our lives; when to give in, when to stand up and say, “Enough.” Dread can be either a force for change, or an excuse to avoid the inevitable pains of life.
I highly recommend this serious and thought-provoking drama; it provides much food for thought for public of any age or situation.
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|Loved the tape version of this book…,
Arthur Miller’s play, BROKEN GLASS is an fascinating psychological mystery set in Brooklyn in 1938 . . . it is about a 45-year-ancient woman who suddenly loses her ability to walk . . . there is no medical reason why this is happening; the only clue lies in her growing obsession with news accounts from Germany.
What I liked most about the taped version BROKEN GLASS was the cast, which included Lawrence Pressman, Linda Purl, JoBeth Williams, and the late David Dukes (who I had really liked as an actor) . . . this work was place out by a group called L.A. Theatre Works, which features full-cast productions of complete plays . . . my only regret is that I haven’t come across too many additional things they’ve done; i.e., that are available from my local library.
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“Broken Glass” is a thriller set in 1938 that personifies the dread that Hitler caused Jews in America. While this plot seems compelling, the tale falls a small flat it additional areas. This is far from Miller’s best work.
When Sylvia suddenly looses the use of her legs, medical origins are unexpected. Yet as the tale evolves, we find the cause to be psychological. It is suspected that a dread of the Nazi’s treatment of Jews in Germany has caused her paralysis. But, there was something more. Sylivia has lived in a marriage with her husband Phillip that feels empty. They have not consumated their marriage in twenty years when their last child was conceived. Sylvia was raised in a family that coddled her and made her feel reliable. Her marriage lacks all of the qualities of the family she was raised in. In a twist that seems out of house, Phillip suddenly dies in the last scene just as he promises to change for Sylvia. This happens just moments after she walks over again.
In so many ways, this work does not seem to have the fingerprints of Arthur Miller. The characters are one dimensional and forced just for the sake of discussing one of Miller’s most comfortable plots, anti-Semitism. Many of Miller’s later works are disappointing. This fits that category.
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