tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post7487755534621587671..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Are you happy? No. - acting in Uncle VanyaAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-50180437694282874742011-11-04T22:03:02.202-05:002011-11-04T22:03:02.202-05:00Oh yes, the laughing response is evensadder than i...Oh yes, the laughing response is <i>even</i>sadder than if the characters moped around.<br /><br />Too much is made of that gun going off business, as you point out. Perhaps he was commenting on clichés, not on good practice.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3468329312279045662011-11-04T19:39:35.387-05:002011-11-04T19:39:35.387-05:00There are a number of ways that scene can be playe...There are a number of ways that scene can be played, but whatever choice the actresses make, it is inescapable that they're both deeply unhappy. Even if Elena makes light of the question, there's a good reason why she does so.<br /><br />Chekhov once objected that if a gun is mentioned within the first two acts, it is bound to go off by the fourth. A gun does go off in " Uncle Vanya" but it misses. It is only in "The Cherry Orchard" that a gun is produced at the start of Act 2 , but isn't even referred to afterwards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com