Word: weltanschauung
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...really a play, but more a tour de force or extended joke, like Last Year at Marienbad. You can almost see Albee laughing at all the conflicting disseminations of his meaning that have been produced. One of the two characters in the play expresses Albee's weltanschauung clearly: "What are you trying to do, bring sense out of things...
...love; it may be a memorable universe, but it is also an over-simplified one. The Nephew seems to be a step toward Purdy's creation of a more balanced and whole world-picture. I wonder, though, if any recent writer has either strived for or attained such a Weltanschauung. And, if such there be, I wonder if it has really helped him as a writer...
...good neighbor policy is precipitated by Wally Troy, who treks from cabin to cabin explaining in third-base-coach fashion that "the game isn't over 'til the last fly is caught," and that "you got to give." By applying this world series weltanschauung to her own life, Miss McKenna persuades the young man to marry the girl, realizes that people count, and repays Wally by extricating him from a jam. All is saved; and SYMBOLICALLY (of course) the M on the neon MOTEL sign flashes back on; it had been off during the play...