Curse of the Starving Class | Disease, Invasion, and Breaching in Curse of the Starving Class
In this essay, Greg Barnhisel examines themes of disease, invasion,
and breaching in Curse of the Starving Class.
Although it is not a symbolic drama whose meaning
lies only in the interaction of its symbols, neither is
Curse of the Starving Class a truly realistic drama,
in which the audience is meant to empathize with
the characters as real people. Critic Stephen J.
Bottoms identifies Shepard’s style, or school, as
‘‘grotesque realism’’ and writes that ‘‘the action of
Curse veers wildly between a range of clashing
generic styles, from kitchen sink banality to exaggerated
melodrama, and from broad comedy to
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