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'In his Talking Heads plays Alan Bennett presents vivid portraits of human frailty and challenges us to respond to them'. Discuss this statement with references to
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... Daniel Dowd 11J 15th September 2002 'In his Talking Heads plays Alan Bennett presents vivid portraits of human frailty and challenges us to respond to them'. Discuss this statement with references to "A Chip in the Sugar" and "Bed amongst the Lentils" In the play a Chip in the Sugar Alan Bennett shows us a life of a very unconfident man who still lives with his mum. Alan Bennett has put the play to us in the way he has so that we listen to the feelings there aren't any special effects unlike most modern films. We pick up on every little minor feeling or expression. There are special techniques used in the play though. In the play they use different camera shots but they sustain the same shot for a substantial amount of time. Different angles in the shots help gain effects on facial expressions. Which is an important part of
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