Vonnegut TV Film Fails to Translate Satire to Screen
Film review argues Vonnegut’s Between Time and Timbuktu reconstructs major themes from his novels but confuses viewers unfamiliar with his work. Stoney Stevenson’s travels through Bokononism, equality satire, and Ice 9 illustrate a broader fear of technology, with a Ulysses like Heaven sequence ending in a clash between Stoney and a dead Hell dictator.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
America
Vonnegut
Wanda June
Stoney
San Lorenzo
Bokoenon
Bokonon
Harrison Bergeron
Bergeron
Felix Hoemicker
Hoenikker
Stoney Stevenson
Coveries
Heaven
Odysseus
Aeneas
Ulysses
Hitler
God
Earth
Hollis Alpert
Warde June
Venne
Gong
Kevin McCarthy
Br Mickey
NET Playhouse
Timbuktu
Kurt Vonnegut Jr
UP with Humor In Westbeth Feminist Revue
Barbara Winkler reviews Up! with Humor a Westbeth Feminist Collective production directed by Marjorie Welrick. Skits like Family Family by Sally Ordway lampoon domestic roles with cross gender casting to expose fears and desire for liberation. The piece aims to illuminate behavior and build community through humor while challenging oppressive norms.
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Westbeth
Marjorie Welrick
Sally Ordway
Mar- Beret
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