Whos Afraid of Virgina Woolf?
The film holds back next to nothingas it portrays the implosion of Martha and Georges life.
Martha, as a character, is boisterous, brash, and even vulgar.
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She swears, she struggles, she makes her feelings known.
Indeed, Martha is one of the screens all-time greatanti-heroes.
Likewise, George is a combative and intriguing adversary in the marriage.
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When you think of Hollywood stars, you think, “Liz Taylor.”
The camp and humor only adds to the uncomfortable realism of the piece and makes the film completely irresistible.
But what makes it even more amazing arethe performances given by its stars.
Likewise, Burton wears unflattering and pathetic costumes and holds himself with this broken and weak persona throughout.
Absent are his normally strong and theatrical attributes for which he islargely remembered for today.
Watching it through the lense of modern times only further serves to heighten the material.
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