The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder

I just finished watching The Skin of Our Teeth, this DVD copy was a play that had been recorded I think, with Rue Mclanahan from Golden Girls as the Fortune Teller, and Jeff Combs as Cain/Henry. It was good. The Dinosaur and Mammouth were ugly but cute. The actors were great! I followed along in the text I bought for class and it was nearly word for word!!! Long play though, but good. I watched it with a couple friends (Jennie Lynn and Abby) and some wine. Even better.



Here are some links to Finnegans Wake that we discussed as we watched the DVD:

-First off, the Antrobus family mirrors the Earwicker family in a few ways, but probably more. First there is a Dad, Mom, two Sons, and a Daughter in each family. And both are the 'Every family' or 'Everyman' idea.

-Also, we talked about Sabina in class, but she has an affair with Mr Antrobus, and pretty sure Mr. Earwicker has an affair in Finnegans Wake.

-Also at the end of Act III, on the DVD, Mr Antrobus picks up a book his wife passes to him from the trap door and says, 'ah Finnegans Wake' , however that was not in the script I was following along with.

-Sabina called herself Lily for a while when she was pursuing an affair with Mr. Antrobus. I notice Joyce uses the name Lily in his books (The Dead, Ulysses) however I haven't quite found it in FW.

-Also Sabina's first lines start with "Oh, oh, oh! Six o'clock and the master not home yet...." and Sabina's last lines begin with that.

-It seems that the Antrobus family is ending and beginning again. They end the ice age and begin the flood, end the flood, begin in war. Sabina is always back to the kitchen.

-the play seemed dream-like in many ways, the way it was difficult to differentiate at times between fiction and reality. The way they would stop the play because 7 people were sick, but really that was part of the play. At least while watching it the effect is interesting.

-It seemed that other works of literature were woven within the play. Based in the play, and in the lives of the Antrobus family.

We finished it kind of late, but I just wanted to get some thoughts out there that we had talked about while enjoying the movie.