Word: scripting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...main problem with this play is the script. To say it's inane would be an understatement. Paul, the banker, is accused of not producing, of being a mere paper-mill. Does this symbol for an age offer the remotest response? Forget it. An unsavory type whom you can be sure Paul doesn't meet at Le Cirque confronts this modern success story by questioning the meaning of his life if there is nothing he is willing to die for. Does Paul put up at least an inarticulate defense for the lightness of his being? No time; a blackout...
Despite the flaws, P.S. Your Cat is Dead comes out well. O'Keefe and Condon make a good comic duo, projecting a lot of humor through a mediocre script. They wring sympathy out of moments that could be unbearably hokey. What it boils down to is, do you want surprises or do you want fun? Dead cats...
Picnic is a play that has little to recommend it. Despite its bland script and spiceless acting, it's as likely to cause indigestion as a jalapeno sundae...
Written by William Inge (Bus Stop), the play attempts to recreate life in a small Kansas town in the 1950s. But to a modern audience, the script seems little more than an inept recapitulation of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, without any of the characteristics that have made that play endure...
...include, "I used to get migraines, but my analyst cured me. Now I get tremendous coldsores," "I'd sell my mother to the Arabs for that girl," and "My parents never got divorced, though I begged them to." There simply isn't a joke-free minute in the whole script...