Just like the short previews of the plays by Edward Albee seemed interesting, his personality can also be described as interesting. Although he definitely had a sense of arrogance, his personality was not completely off-putting to me. I found it interesting how clearly alcoholism issues of abandonment, and relationships among parents and children were represented in his plays, yet he nonchalantly talked about these issues in the interview. The way he discussed his relationship with his parents and how he dealt with his father’s death were pretty revealing about his character. Yet he did not seem fully comfortable with discussing his own life, even though many of his plays seem to put these issues on display for the whole world to see. I liked that we did learn about his background and his childhood growing up, which proved to be very visible in the plays he wrote. When Albee described his feelings about his family, I did not fully understand why his seemingly pleasant life was not pleasant to him. But after thinking more about it, what appeared to be a “normal” life in the suburbs to me, could have affected him in a different way. I feel like I do not know everything about his life and I can’t judge how traumatic his life was or not.
Regardless of his personality, his plays did interest me. I thought “Three Tall Women” sounded like a very unique concept, and I would be interested in seeing that play performed. However the “Zoo Story” seemed less interesting but I think this may also be because it was not presented as a full production during the movie.
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