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Neil LaBute

    Neil LaBute is an American filmmaker whose works delve into the darker aspects of the human psyche. He frequently explores complex and often unsettling interpersonal relationships, exposing their hidden motivations and destructive potential. His scripts and plays are characterized by raw realism and a provocative examination of morality, compelling audiences to question their own perceptions of right and wrong. LaBute's oeuvre stands as a masterclass in the study of human nature, leaving a lasting impact.

    The Shape of Things
    Some Girl(s)
    • Some Girl(s)

      • 104 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Your career as a writer is blossoming, your beautiful, young fiancee is waiting to get married and rush off to Cancun by your side - so what is your natural reaction? Well, if you're a man, it's probably to get nervous and start calling up old girlfriends. And so begins a single man's odyssey through four hotel rooms, as he flies across the country in search of the perfect woman (whom he's already broken up with). In grand LaBute fashion, this by turns outrageously funny and deadly serious portrait of the artist as a young seducer casts a truthful, hilarious light on a typical young American male as he wanders through the heart of darkness that is himself. "[LaBute's] view of modern men and women is unsparing ... [He] is holding up a pitiless mirror to ourselves. We may not like what we see, but we can't deny that - if only in some dark corner of our souls - it is there." -Jacques le Sourd, The Journal News "LaBute ... continues to probe the fascinating dark side of individualism ... [His] great gift is to live in and to chronicle that murky area of not-knowing, which mankind spends much of its waking life denying." -John Lahr, The New Yorker"

      Some Girl(s)
      3.5
    • The Shape of Things

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Informationen zur Reihenausgabe: Lesen macht Spaß - umso mehr mit Lektüren, die Ihre Schüler/-innen auch allein zu Hause bewältigen können. Mit diesem Literaturangebot ist das problemlos möglich. Die ungekürzten Originaltexte eignen sich für die Jahrgangsstufen 10 bis 13 und enthalten Annotationen zu schwierigen Wörtern. Zu jedem Band gibt es ein Teacher's Manual mit Kopiervorlagen, Klausurvorschlägen und zum Teil Audio-CDs. Interpretationshilfen als Zusatzangebot für Schüler/-innen Zu einigen Lektüren der Cornelsen Senior English Library gibt es ergänzende Interpretationshilfen mit wichtigen Informationen zum Werk, Kurzbiographien der Autoren, Wortschatzhilfen und Auflistungen zentraler Zitate sowie einer Musterklausur.

      The Shape of Things
      3.7