Marion and Arnold: A Comparison and Contrast
Marion and Arnold: A Comparison and Contrast In On Tidy Endings, Harvey Fierstein writes of the devastation and effects on the people close to Collin Redding when he dies due to complications of AIDS. Marion Redding, the ex-wife of the un-seen Collin Redding, whose character makes the play possible, is confronted with his death and brings her to Collin's gay lover's apartment to meet with him. Arnold Beckoff is a self-proclaimed "drag queen" as the audience is told by Arnold's first soliloquy in Torch Song Trilogy. He tells us that he is in search of the "international stud" with which he plans to meet and eventually settle down with. Both characters in these plays are presented with real world problems facing them and become personal in the momentary lives of the audience as their circumstances are meant to hopefully provoke thoughts of reform.Neither character shares a common sexual preference but do share an intense love for people tragically struck down by circumstances facing every gay and heterosexual community in America today. Marion Redding is a heterosexual, divorced, forty-year-old woman, mother of an eleven year old boy, and is, at first, portrayed as weak and vulnerable. She is the first character appe
Arnold is crushed but still obsessed with Ed and for a long time after their breakup is in denial of his impulses but continues to phone Ed and attach himself emotionally only to be let down again and again. No mention of any possible attributes, contributions, or memoriam is stated by either one of the debaters for Collin, we hear only selfish emphasis and concern for the effects the death has had on their lives. I'm glad they let Fierstein star in the movie himself. 1109) and further scolds Arthur with; "Where do you get off thinking you're privy to my son's point of view?" (1. ReviewsSecondary SourcesTorch Song Trilogy BY ROGER EBERT December 23, 1988 `Torch Song Trilogy" opens with a close-up of Arnold, the hero, looking his very worst. Or the painful scene in a gay bar where Arnold is so shy he can hardly bring himself to respond to Ed. Matthew Broderick stars as Alan, a male model who settles down with Arnold in marital bliss. The movie has more or less the same focus, but because it's a movie, it becomes more intimate and intense.
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