he wrote All My Sons, right?
Thought it was good. Greed should never put our armed forces in danger but i bet it does.
Death of a Salesman shows the successful geeky neighbor and shows the devastating effect cheating on a spouse can have.
Spoiling kids ends badly.
The Crucible, definitely a reference to the McCarthy ere, is a good book with a good lesson.
If you go overboard people start to distrust you.
I think he mistakenly made some very good points and there are far worse books when it comes to left wing writing.
I tell all my friends to watch All My Sons but it’s rarely played on TCM. Excellent movie and my fav with Edward G.
These are all very good plays. A View from the Bridge has recently been revived on B’way. It’s not my personal favorite but that’s personal taste for you.
The British frequently revive him.
Miller had talent as a playwright. But like a lot of his plays DOAS gets in a number of digs at the capitalist system.
Willy Loman cannot make it as a salesman anymore and unsuccessfully tries to commit suicide. His no-good son Biff tries to make it in the business world and fails badly. Meanwhile, the geeky friend becomes a success as a judge, a government success.
BTW, my father was a salesman.