I spent two hours being verbally abused and manhandled into submission by the likes of two very powerful performances by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as the long married Martha and George. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a look into married life, for those who haven't been married before. A miscommunication leads this whole evening into the depths of marriage hell as we see husband and wife insulting, jabbing, and berating each other in front of unexpected company (at least the husband's expectations). In real life today, that marriage would have ended in divorce long before the movie took place. Having seen fights like this with couples I've known before, I'm surprised some of them are still together. Like in the movie, the couples that are still together have a strong dose of liquid courage some nights to "Brave" the course.
To my surprise, this was Mike Nichols' feature film debut, coming from television. His career has spanned four decades and is still going strong. Next up for him is an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's High and Low from the 1960's.
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