Saturday, May 16, 2020

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
1975
Weight: 2 oz
Method of Disposal: Giving Away


This was definitely not my favorite Vonnegut read.  It is hard to imagine it as a movie!  It must have been shocking for its time.  There is sex, violence, racism, war, all sorts.  There were definitely moments that I enjoyed.  I liked this line, in the About the Play section before the play, "I felt and I still feel that everybody is right, no matter what he says."  And so, in that vein, this play is both terrible and wonderful, depending on who you talk to.  I am a few steps up from terrible and maybe a couple more than a few down from wonderful.

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