Word: bourgeoises
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To put it kindly, Bennett is not fashionable any more. The Old Wives' Tale, perhaps his best novel, is one of the few that are read at all. It is possible that he would accept this near obliteration. He was always insistent that he wrote for the day and...
Oh yes, the plot. De Funès appears as a racist bourgeois, a prideful Catholic preparing for his daughter's wedding. His chauffeur, who is Jewish, has relatives arriving from New York. There is a car accident, but the chauffeur refuses to help, since it is after sun...
The crime involved is kidnaping, not for ransom but rather as a comeuppance for an old grudge. Colette Delavigne, aged 27, is a judge in the juvenile courts and the pretty offspring of a brilliant haute bourgeois family. Colette is married to Bernard, a rich young executive who sells yogurt...
Originally written for a repertory company, the Group Theater, the play showcases fully seven principal characters, all crucial to its tightly woven underlying themes. With professional case and engaging vigour, the accomplished cast brings life to every member of this large group of stock figures with their funny and sad...
This brings us back to that old puzzler, the "very difficult" problem of ethics. In the end that is what Wedding in Blood is all about. Audran and Piccolo are not just common lovers, they are the bourgeois world's version of Everywoman and Everyman. They are the passionate living...