"And so great with anxiety to show things as they really are that despite all his indifference (indeed timidity) in political matters he suggested and even demanded that not a few of the play's points should be made sharper, on the simple ground that such passages seemed 'somehow weak' to him, by which he meant that they did not do justice to things as they are." (129).
What are some passages that you think Laughton would consider "somehow weak"? Do you think that this was because he wanted to make the play easier for the audience to hear? Or was it that he wanted to display the true realities of living in a world where they church in a way brainwashed people into their beliefs? Do you think that in a way he was protecting the church or protecting Galileo in the way acted (Laughton as Galileo) and rewrote the play? Or could he be implying that the play did not tell the "whole truth" or made up parts?
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