What did Woody Allen mean when he said this line?!


Question: In the film Manhattan he says:

"When it comes to relationships, I'm the winner of the August Strindberg Award."

I looked up August Strindberg but still don't get it, is there something behind this or is this just wacky Woody Allen humour?


Answers: In the film Manhattan he says:

"When it comes to relationships, I'm the winner of the August Strindberg Award."

I looked up August Strindberg but still don't get it, is there something behind this or is this just wacky Woody Allen humour?

I am a huge Woody Allen fan (esp the earlier funnier ones!) This below is from Wiki. I think the use of the word "neurotic" is enough to link him to Strindberg plus the bitterness, etc...


Relationships with women............

Strindberg was married three times, to Siri von Essen (1850-1912), Frida Uhl (1872-1943), and Harriet Bosse (1878-1961). He had children with all his wives, but his hypersensitive, neurotic character led to bitter divorces. Late in his life he met the young actress and painter Fanny Falkner (1890-1963), whose book illuminates his last years, but the exact nature of their relationship is debated. He had a brief affair in Berlin with Dagny Juel before his marriage to Frida; it has been suggested that the shocking news of her murder was the reason he cancelled his honeymoon with his third wife, Harriet.

Strindberg's relationships with women were troubled and have often been interpreted as misogynistic by contemporaries and modern readers. Most acknowledge, however, that he had uncommon insight into the hypocrisy of his society's gender roles and sexual morality. Marriage and the family were under stress in Strindberg's lifetime as Sweden industrialized and urbanized at a rapid pace. Problems of prostitution and poverty were debated heatedly among writers, critics and politicians. His early writing often dealt with the traditional roles of the sexes imposed by society, which he criticized as unjust.

haha...woody

HE said hahaha n gave it 2 step daughter SICKo!!!!

I think its just his humour saying in relationships he is like August Strindberg, so much so, that he could get an award.

Strindberg had great interests in sexual maladjustments.

Strindberg was married three times and had three nasty and ugly divorces.

Strindberg had a reputation of not feeling sympathy about women, as it comes from his plays. But anyway...



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