O Dreamland | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 2 pages of analysis & critique of O Dreamland.

O Dreamland | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 2 pages of analysis & critique of O Dreamland.
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The first time [that one sees O Dreamland], it is like a blow in the face; the second, one approaches it with a kind of eager dread. For ten minutes it assaults eye and ear with a rough-edged but sharp-centred impression of this South Coast amusement park, in which the ugliness and degradation of most of the distractions offered are symbolised by the mocking mechanical laughter of a dummy sailor. There is a working model of the execution of the "atom spies", the Rosenbergs, which reconstructs the ritual for sixpence at the door…. [Whether] the rendezvous is with violent death or a smutty peepshow, with a fire-eater or a gambling machine, a listless caged animal or an old mug of tea, reactions appear the same. People stare…. Signs of real vitality are produced by greed…. (pp. 175-76)

Everything is ugly. A papier-maché facade with a swollen, grimacing gargoyle...

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