Real Thing Henry the Playwright Term Paper

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' Not only is Henry searching to convey reality into the manufactured structure of his prose, but his lover Annie is on her own journey to find 'The Real Thing,' in her actress's art as a performer. To find this, she develops a relationship with a political prisoner called Brodie, whom Henry mocks. At the beginning of the play Brodie seems to have real political convictions, but he cannot structure a play properly. Much to Henry's chagrin, Annie persuades him to retool Brodie's halting efforts into marketable dialogue, in a made-for television movie based on Brodie's real-life experiences.

However, in the final scene between Annie and Brodie, it becomes clear that Brodie is not a believer at all. While Henry truly loves the tune by the Monkees, while at least there is some affection in the playwright's heart and soul for Annie, his own work, and the art he attempts to serve, however imperfectly, Brodie's political convictions and aspirations for art, Annie learns, were all for show. The scene ends with Annie telling Brodie off, because he has not fulfilled her expectations of being true in his art and true to his convictions in real life -- all he really wants is sex.

The conflict of Brodie brings to a head the conflict between Annie and Henry about what art really is and their relationship really is. Brodie's falseness, as revealed to Annie, helps her understand how true Henry's affection for her is -- if sincerely felt by the heart, even the Monkees can express the real thing.

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This is not to deny that ultimately art must strive for perfection according to a set of rules as precise and exact as a game of cricket, an analogy made by Henry earlier in the play. But nor does it mean that the honest pursuit of truth in art must throw out all pleasure, as some serious art seems to allege. The play ends with the strains of "I'm a Believer" being pumped through the theater, as it gives music to Annie and Henry's now-resolved romantic relationship, eased of its tensions with the exit of Brodie and his false, seeming true….....

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