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If I were an audience member paying for a seat to watch this play I would regret it for entertainment's sake. The speech has no class, the back-and-forth question and answer sessions – in supposedly loud-shouting voices mind you – is annoying, the wit and humour are lacking, and so forth. Nonetheless, this production introduces an interesting perspective on what is real.
Six Characters in Search of an Author is a play that describes a play which in turn is arguing to be more real than the actual play itself. (Yes, you may read that twice if you wish.)
The father does most of the arguing to get the point across. He suggests that he and the other five characters are constant. Never changing. Never dying. They were envisioned one way and that is all they know.
Do not think about Batman.
Come on man! I told you not to.
Oh, Christian Bale's voice. Classic.
That is an undying character. One with a definite purpose: to save those in distress, to see that justice prevails. In his stories, Batman is always real. Always present.
Likewise, the six characters are written with clear and definite identities.
The father goes on to claim that the producer and actors are less real for their realities change day-by-day. They are just actors: human beings who play pretend.
But who’s to say that illusion is reality? Who’s to say that consistency is what defines certainty? Man is real. Man is the artist, the giver of life to these characters. If they are real in character, how much more so is he that gave them life. Not to mention having an actual, physical body helps. Duh.
These characters are mere creations of man, right? Can man be the creation of another?
Till next time.
Huh. I stated the father as being the arguer and not Luigi Pirandello, the play’s author. IRONY!
I have to agree with you. That play had no entertaining qualities whatsoever. You also brought up a good point that I had never thought about. The play seems to be trying to say that illusion is our reality. But you make a great point in that if the character is real then how much more the creator of that character. And to answer your question, YES!!! and his name is Jesus! But that question sounded loaded anyway so you probably already know that:)
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