Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Summary: George and Martha, sad sad sad
Review: The drama "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?", written by Edward Albee, has quite a simple topic: problems in a marriage. The protagonists, the elder couple Martha and George and the young couple Honey and Nick, meet after a faculty party at Martha and George's house.
It's in the middle of the night, they're drunk and the hosts involve their guests more and more in their marriage problems by playing games like "Humiliate the Host" or "Hump the Hostess". The bad relationship of Martha and George gets clear easily because they humiliate and insult each other all the time.
The dialogues are written in a funny and descriptive tone, so that reading stays interesting from the first to the last page.
But the movie by Mike Nichols definitly fulfills the expectations of the reader.
The movie convinces by well-chosen actors who embody their roles perfectly.
I recommend the book and the movie because I enjoyed reading and watching them. It's worth it.

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Summary: Who's afraid of reality?
Review: In the movie Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf" the main characters Martha (Elizabeth Taylor) and George (Richard Burton) clearly demonstrate the failure of their marriage and shock with reality that totally opposes the ideal of the American Dream. At a little party with lots of drinking they expose their most private secrets to their guests Nick (George Segal) and Honey (Sandy Dennis). The brilliant dialogues between the characters express the dashed hopes of living an All American life with success and happiness and the desire to take revenge on the partner for ruining this dream. The actors do an excellent job playing their roles effectively and close to reality to make this movie convincing and worth watching.

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Summary: Excellent and Shocking
Review: Since I read the drama of Edward Albee before watching the movie, I had high expectations of the adaption. But I didn't get disappointed! The movie is great! All four actors do an excellent job, but Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as Martha and George, play their rules to the perfection. The atmosphere in the movie is exactly created as it is supposed to be:- it's shocking!

Martha and George, an older couple, invite Nick and Honey, a younger couple, to come over after a faculty party. Right from the beginning Martha and George start to quarrel heavily in front of their guests. They are tearing each other apart and later even involve Nick and Honey in their sick-minded "games". Alcohol gets consumed in great quantities. The more alcohol get drunk and the later the evening gets, the more increases the cruelty of the dispute. Finally it ends in a disaster: Martha's and George's son was killed... but to understand this, you should watch this great movie or read the drama.
It's worth it!!

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Summary: Sad but also funny drama!
Review: The drama "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf" by Edward Albee deals with the conflicts between two couples: Martha (52) & George (46) and Honey (26) and Nick (28). It plays in the house of Martha and George after a party at Martha's father where the couple met Honey and Nick. During this night they drink very much alcohol and play games like "Humiliate the Host" and "Get the Guests". With these games they just hurt each other.
This drama expresses the difficulties in the partnership of Martha and George. Especially in the film the actors Elizabeth Taylor (Martha) and Richard Burton (George) show how big their problems are.
In my opinion the film is very well done. All actors fit into their role and play it very convincing. They also look and behave like it is described in the book. The film is very close to the book except for one scene in the car and then in the bar.
On the whole I can say that I enjoyed reading the book and watching the film because it is an interesting sad story with many funny elements.


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Summary: The party after the party
Review: After the couple Martha and George has come home from a party, few time later another couple, Honey and Nick, arrives, because they were invited to a little party. The fact that they are very drunken leads Martha and George into heavy conflict, in which Honey and Nick get more and more involved until the party ends as a "horrortrip".

The film version "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?" from Mike Nichols is almost a sensation. First the actors are chosen very good, what you can see in being nominated for Oscar. Also the gestures and expressions are fine, so that the viewer gets involved easily and cannot stop watching the film.

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Summary: "American Dream"?
Review: "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?" – Edward Albee's picturized drama shows that it is not always easy to live your life after the standard of the "American Dream".

After a party Martha and George invite a young couple to have just a few drinks and have some fun. But it is just the other way round: The more alcohol they drink the more open the conversation becomes. Especially Martha and George begin to curse at each other. When the situation escalates Honey and Nick, who had by the time the chance of making the "American Dream" come true, are already involved in the bad marital quarrel. Nobody is in the position to save the day and so all the things they have hide behind their marriages are discovered.For example, Honey and Nick get to know that the "kid" Martha and George are arguing about the whole time is just imaginary or reversed that Nick just had married Honey because of her false pregnancy.

Even if you have already read the drama the film is worth watching.Especially Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton overtop in their roles of an disputing married couple. With their excellent skill of insulting each other , the facial expression and gesture the viewers can easily put theirselves in Martha's and George's position.