Should Cat on a Hot Tin Roof win the play of the year award?
Art has always been a part of everybody. For someone it can be something really accessible, meaning that the more money you make out of your art, the more it is art. For some others it is something that only the specialists of this art, meaning the people who studied it and know a lot about it, can appreciate. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is now part of the debate. Should this play win the play of the year? No, because it first depends on the difference between the socio-cultural contexts the play was made in at first and now. It also depends on why the play was made at first and why it was played now.
In 1955, things were not like today. Tennessee Williams had a hard time being who he was. He used to talk about subjects people never talked about before like alcoholism, gambling, homosexuality and violence. His plays shook everybody since he went over the line of what was accepted in life and what was put apart. He talked intelligently about the part of reality that tried to be hidden. Reality is reality and you cannot hide the fact that it exists. This is the main reason why this play is so great. It makes it the play of the year 1955. Now in 2008, now that all these things are known and that humans changed, it is the turn of a new artist to get the price for a new piece of art that will bring something new to society and that will make it evolve.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was written to change things. Tennessee Williams wanted to go forward because he had different ideas. In our society, the objective to show this play is first to remember a good piece of work that had his moment of success back in his context. Second, it is to show it the people that don’t know it because we can always learn from the past experiences in art to understand the present. The third reason is to obviously make money since the play was so popular. It could have been interpreted differently to show some originality in a classic. They could have shown something different, but it wasn’t. Nothing new came out of it. Even if everything was beautiful, everything was normal, usual, shined. Anybody that understands English could have seen the play and appreciate it. The play of the year deserves someone who brings something new, something different and original that is not going to necessarily please everyone just like when Tennessee wrote the play, in the name of art.
To conclude, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof shouldn’t get the award of ‘’play of the year’’ since it doesn’t bring anything new to art or society and also because the reasons why it was played were not for the art itself. Even though art is part of the industry, it is not a commercial, massively reproducible product.
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Should Cat on a Hot Tin Roof win the play of the year award?
Art has always been a part of everybody. (23) For someone it can be something really accessible, meaning that the more money you make out (18) of (17) your art, the more it is art. (23) For some (17) others it is something that only the specialists of this art (18), meaning the people who studied it and know a lot about it, can appreciate. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is now part of the debate. (23) Should this play win the play of the year? No, because it first depends on the difference between the socio-cultural contexts the play was made in at first and now. (23) It also depends on why the play was made at first and why it was played now. (23)
In 1955, things were not like today. (23) Tennessee Williams had a hard time being who he was. He used to talk about (18) subjects people never talked about before like alcoholism, gambling, homosexuality and violence. (23) His plays shook everybody (23) since (18) he went over (18) the line of what was accepted in life and what was put apart. (23) He talked (18) intelligently about the (18) part of reality that tried (18) to be hidden. (23) Reality is reality and you cannot hide the fact that it exists. (23) This is the main reason why this play is so great. It (18) makes it the play of the year 1955. (23) Now (17) in 2008, now that all these things are known and that humans changed, (23) it is the turn of a new artist to get the price (18) for a new piece of art that will bring something new to society and that will make it evolve.(23)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was written to change things (18). Tennessee Williams wanted to go forward because he had different ideas. In our society, the objective (18) to show this play is first to remember a good piece of work that had his (18) moment of success back in his (15) context. Second, it is to show it the people (23) that don’t know it because we can always learn from the (17) past experiences in art to understand the present. The third reason is to obviously make money since the play was so popular. It could have been interpreted differently to show some originality in a classic. (23) They could have shown something different, but it (15) wasn’t (18). Nothing new came out of it. (23) Even if everything was beautiful, everything was normal, usual, shined. (23) Anybody that understands English could have seen the play and appreciate (10) it. The play of the year deserves someone (23) who brings something new, something different and original that is not going to necessarily please everyone (23, 24) just like when Tennessee wrote the play, in the name of art. (23)
To conclude, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof shouldn’t get the award of ‘’play of the year’’ since it doesn’t (11) bring anything new to art or society and also because the reasons why it was played (18) were (11) not for the (17) art itself. Even though art is part of the industry, it is not a commercial, massively reproducible product.(23)
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