Albee

When Prof Parent mentioned that Albee was one of her favorite modern playwrights, I was excited to watch the documentary. However, I had a tough time listening to him talk about his plays and what feelings evoked him to write them. Maybe this goes back to the fact I do not yet have a good understanding of plays, or maybe the type of plays Albee writes are not the type I am accustomed to, i.e. Greek and Roman plays, Shakespeare, etc. I much prefer plays with some action and stage movement rather than two people sitting on a bench reading script to eachother. Those scenes almost seemed fake, so in other words, I feel as if acting is more than reading lines off of a script and attempting to create the persona of the character you are "playing/reading".
Albee himself was an interesting figure. I feel like he played the "I'm an orphan so I deserve more sympathy than others and people will understand my synical thoughts due to credibilty as an orphan"...well I didn't buy into any of that. I do not think one should blame his childhood situation on anyone other than himself. Being an orphan does not give you an excuse to claim all these emotions valid. I'm having a tough time explaining my frustration with him. Before the film, we learned that he is very strict with others performing his plays. Yet he is so arrogant (yes, arrogant) for no reason, I feel like. He has a chip on his shoulder but would never admit it, and that is not something I value in a man. As someone who grew up with military parents, I could not find any similarities between Albee and myself.