The centrepiece of this set is a couch for three, besieged by a father and his three adult sons. I honestly couldn’t see four grown men wanting to all squeeze in there together. That piece of direction may have stemmed from a desire to treat each bloke equally, but it seemed unrealistic to me.
And equality is difficult both in a cast including Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name & The Social Network) and Josh Charles (The Good Wife) and in the story where the eldest son (Paul Schneider) seems to be the under-achiever.
There is something disturbing about 40 year old blokes (read ‘failure to mature’) who still roughhouse one another (as in The Footy Show) but it makes for a comic first half. Hammer and Charles were very good.
The second half turns to introspection and comment on the eldest son’s apparent life failure and possible depression. The play takes on a whole different tone which, for me, is too great a contrast to expect of these blokes.
As a fan of both Cooper and Hammer, of course I loved their performances.
Good to see Josh Charles again somewhere. We loved him in the Good Wife where he was killed off unceremoneously half way through the series. We havent seen him anywhere since. We saw “Phantom of the Opera’ on Broadway several years ago where it has been running forever. Glad your luggage found you. Regards Richard and Deborah.
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Good to see Josh Charles again somewhere. We loved him in the Good Wife where he was killed off unceremoneously half way through the series. We havent seen him anywhere since. We saw “Phantom of the Opera’ on Broadway several years ago where it has been running forever. Glad your luggage found you. Regards Richard and Deborah.
Interesting mix of left and right handers. Loved the attire, casual.