Talk:American Buffalo (play)

WikiProject Theatre Assessment
--Dereksmootz (talk) 19:57, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Stub class - Synopsis is short, no History, Reception, or Productions headings. Needs work to conform to WikiProject_Theatre/Article_Structure guidelines.
 * Low importance - a single play constitutes a "highly specific area of knowledge."

It is incorrect to state that all three characters "use the word 'fuck' quite loosely". Bobby's language sets him apart from the other two characters: he only uses the word "fuck" three times, after Teach has beaten him and he's discovered that he's bleeding from the ears. I also think it's important to state that there's a rationale behind the vulgarity; to draw attention to the profanity without providing context is prejudicial. I think one can objectively state that the play's language is vulgar, but to apply the modifier to the play itself is, I think, a highly questionable interpretation. (My dictionary defines vulgar as "lacking sophistication and good taste." The play is highly sophisticated and taste is subjective: I think the play itself is in perfectly good taste.) The dialogue is occasionally terse, but Teach's circumlocutions certainly are not. Both Teach and Donnie monologize; the idea that the play contains "few monologues" is debatable and rests upon an unclear comparison. ("Few" compared to what?) It would be correct to say that the play contains no soliloquies. --Capnjoy (talk) 13:12, 3 November 2009 (UTC)