191h fall KENNARD of fact. had been Engels wrote that realism is the reproduciion of lypical people, typical conditions and just as Engels saw certain century writers fultilling this proposiThe Spongers should be included in the tradition, succeeding as it does in by-passing the cominonest political pitrealism television, writes PETER This is that the viewers are swallowed up by the plot and bot given any space to exercise their critical facilities. The part of the play that seemed most important to me pace La blank On sound track goodnight to ber four children, In the previous sequentoe sbe shown emptying cups of cooca char she was drink her .She swirched off the Lipht and the screen was blank for about a minute. My involvement in the continuing narrative of the play was broken suddenly and I was forced to reflect on the build up of events that had led to this Subrle contradictions are exposed in the play. When the hailiffs arrive io remove the furniture, for examaple, Pauline i putting up ballooos in the street for the Jubilee. She is sull carrying the balloons when sbe bouse. Two different realities are brought right up against intorm Pauline that if she does not pay the E262 she owes 10 rent, the furoiture will be taken awa3e roc arc not pondayce as archetypal bellies, but revert to bureaucratic language They are the first of a long Line of borcaucrats who spin a RECOT TOSTACIORS AEDITA CO. Jim Allen: "The worst of it is that among thomselves, Unemo oved naveno univ no polical musce. material problems of Pauline, abstractions which bring no IDODer.
The editing of the play also SCrVCs point Contradictions. Scenes of Paunes samny constaon interact with various committec sellich is ser against her reality A community worker figins for Pauline's case. He is shown shouting until he is blue in the face at the Labour chairperson of the social services commit tee, who ends by saving that he can do notling comumunicy worker does mot understand what working for socialism really means.
The character of the contusty worker acts in the play as a force to widen tbe situation from the partscular eveats depicted. He does not present to the mother. either in lact or in that, unlike the other social his actions an awareness of the woman s actual experience Engels wrose in reference to muse spring forth from the situacion and action itself withour being explicitly dis plaved. The Spongers funils this proposition, mainly be 610302 person such as the community worker is not Caricaturea OJUL dimensional character.
WORD EDIFICE Whatever the various authorities "want to do to help, they arc unable to because they have constructed an edifice of language aimed al continuing Things as they are. The workiry class woman cannot break into the constructed world inte which the bureaucrats are hermetically sealed Language in Alien's play is used ar a tool to confuse and tyrannise a woman into suicide li is nore important for the year chat this family should be allowed to die racher than be listened to. Their words would smokescreen of the State and the