迴響極短篇｜Cat on A Hot Tin Roof

1. 紐奧良每年三月底舉行 Tennessee williams 戲劇節，此行剛好在其開幕前幾週，此劇作家之作品已開始在當地百年小劇院 Le Petit Theatre 上演，由 Cat on A Hot Tin Roof（熱鐵皮屋頂上的貓／朱門巧婦）打頭陣。
2. 美國南方大戶人家之子面臨性向疑雲、事業低潮，同時難以招架妻子對他的期待，衝突在莊園裡悶燒。
3. 角色和臺詞非常多，對美國南方英語口音不熟悉，偶有對話沒聽懂。但由於場面調度與演員表演明確，還是可以抓住劇情。
4. 劇本情緒濃烈，壓抑和怨恨令人不安，最終並未迎來安好結局，只有些許情緒釋放及妥協，作為觀眾，覺得累。

1. The Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival is held each spring in New Orleans' historic French Quarter. A few weeks ahead, Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play “ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” had presented in Le Petit Theatre, a local theater with a history of more than a century.
2. A promising young man from a rich family in southern America suffered from doubts about his sexuality and career low. In the meantime, his wife was deeply unsatisfied with their marriage. Unspeakable conflicts were exacerbated in the plantation house which had little privacy.
3. There were many characters and lines. Unfamiliar with southern accents (FYI, I am not a native English speaker), I did not get every sentence. Fortunately, the directing and acting were pretty clear so I could still keep up with the story.
4. The emotions were intense, and the suppression and resentment created an unsettling atmosphere. In the end, the characters got to blow off some steam but still had to compromise. No one achieved inner peace, and that was frustrating to me as an audience.

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