Talk:Picnic (play)

Expansion
This is a rather small article so go ahead and add more info. I'm having trouble expanding the infobox because something is wrong with the template I think. Could someone who knows about that figure it out. A synopsis would also be cool. --Goodface87 18:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Maybe someone could (I don't know enough about Wikipedia house style to do it) mention the musical version "Hot September" I Don;t know any more about it except I have an image of the cast recording album.70.18.63.191 (talk) 04:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I didn't even know something like that existed. Goodface87 (talk) 00:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm supposed to write an article about this play for a class I'm taking in college. Since you've already written an article, my instructions are to expand and revise it. Is everyone ok with that? I'm trying to be as accurate as possible while keeping the information you already wrote. LeelaH (talk) 01:33, 1 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Perhaps the instructor picked this article because there's little here (but very much about the film version). To get a good grade, you should do much more additional research, perhaps into just what real Midwestern picnics and small town activities were like back then. Also look at biographies and critical studies of William Inge. Pepso2 (talk) 03:37, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

The author of this wikipedia article has an archaic view of sexuality and gender affect, suggesting that Inge became a "sissy" because there were few men in his life. The implication is that there is something inherently wrong with men being raised without male role models and something inherently wrong with what we term "effeminate" men. If Inge was ashamed of his sexuality, it's because he lived in a culture that conspired to make him feel so. 10 Oct, 2012

Merging Summer Brave into this article
I strongly disagree. Summer Brave wasn't a new production of Picnic, it was a completely revised version, and one that made it less of a drama and more of a comedy. It was staged on Broadway with a notable cast. Making it a footnote to Picnic deprives it of the attention it deserves as a work unto itself. LiteraryMaven (talk) 19:29, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I'd prefer to see separate works on separate pages. Both seem substantial and notable enough to have their own pages. -- Klein zach  00:30, 2 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I've removed the merge proposal in lieu of any explanation on the talk page as to why it ought to be merged. See Talk:Summer Brave. DionysosProteus (talk) 18:38, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

"Analysis" and Strange Commentary
I have removed the rather bizarre "Analysis" section of this article, which analyzes this play solely through the opinions of one David Rush and the Freytag Pyramid. This has nothing to do with the play, and appears to be taken from a school report applying one set of theories to the play. A proper analysis of the play would analyze the play, rather than fitting it into the categories developed by an academic.

More of this paper follows, in sections still included in the article (notably "Style" and "Theme/Idea," which is entirely uncited OR). I'll leave them for a bit, in case there is discussion, and then remove them. All sections should discuss analysis of Picnic, and not analyze the plot or language according to the opinions of David Rush.

I'm an IP visitor because I no longer use my ancient Wiki account, for reasons. No suspensions or discipline, I just find the user community on the whole to be impossible to deal with and was delighted to walk away from it all.


 * I (different user) just removed these sections, which I agree were poor and didn't belong here. I'm tempted to remove the "Character analysis" section as well, which is poorly-written OR, but perhaps it adds some value; I'll let another editor make the call for now. 69.181.139.227 (talk) 09:48, 12 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Agreed, the Character Analysis adds no encyclopedic value and is original research; I am removing it. Henry chianski (talk) 19:22, 12 April 2017 (UTC)