Hello Readers !!
Welcome to my blog. This blog is the response of Dr. Dilip Barad sir's blog ( worksheet of the Birthday Party ). This the academic writing activity. In which I am supposed to answer the question given by sir. That is about the Birthday party.
The Birthday Party written by Harold Pinter. The Birthday Party is a “ Comedy of menace”. A Comedy of menace is a play in which the laughter of the audience in some or all situations is accompanied, or immediately followed, by a feeling of some impending disaster.
In The Birthday Party this mingling of comedy with a perception of danger pervades the whole play and, at times, becomes very conspicuous. And in the play the effect of menace is very beautifully shown.
The Birthday Party is basically showing meaninglessness and nothingness. It shows nothingness of human existence.
There are many scenes in play which created dangerous sound in the play such as, knocking at the door, and the tearing of paper...Pauses and silence shown Pinteresque effect.There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.
Tasks: to give answers of this questions :-
✍️ Why are two scenes of Lulu omitted from the movie?
There should be a special reason behind that without that it should be don't miss out. Because that is the most important scene for feminist point of view. It could be said that directors don't want to look at the feministic aspects of Lulu. If director show Lulu's scene then it seems somewhat romantic but here, in the movie director shows us a very threatening scene of rape in blackout so this genre keep its quality so two scenes of Lulu omitted from the movie.
✍️ Is the movie successful in giving us the effect of menace? Were you able to feel it while reading the text?
Yes, the movie gave a successful effect of menace. While we are reading the play at some level it creates that kind of effect but not that much like film does because the audio and visual effects are more effective that reading text. In the movie, we find the effect of menace clearly in the interrogation scene where the number of the question asked and through the loud sound effect and Stanley was sweating in fear and frustration and when Stanley hears about the two strangers he runs in fear.
✍️ Do you feel the effect of lurking danger while viewing the movie? Where you able to feel the same while reading the text
In the movie and in the text the effects of lurking danger exposed differently because both required different kinds of things.
In the text the feeling of danger that is comes from the only device that is language. I'm the opening text we can find the door knocking scene. The words like :
Meg. Is that you Petey?
Pause.
Petey, is that you?
Pause.
Petey?
Petey. What?
Meg. Is that you?
So these doubtable words create danger.
Yes, the movie is successful in giving us the effect of menace. We can find the effect of menace in the interrogation scene where the number of questions asked with loud sound effect and it is also irritating me. We can find Stanley has sweat in fear and frustration and also ran in fear when he came to know about two strangers. Here the camera work is played a vital role. I agree with the below statement….
“It's impossible to imagine a better film of Pinter's play than this sensitive, disturbing version directed by William Friedkin”[3]. (Ebert)
The Birthday Party is an absurdist play and it is not easy to make a film out of Absurdist Play because it is all about existential angst of Human existence and within that very limited character with limited, dull, boring settings are used. And these characteristics of Absurdist Play may not be able to give aesthetic satisfaction.
Thank you......
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