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Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead? Really?

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You guys! It was completely enjoyable and I highly recommend it. People are tough on the simple fun of something like this.

First of all, did you know Valerie Harper can act? It’s disgusting that I ever questioned it. Or even more disgusting, never even questioned it at all! I was in a state of total dismissal. Why? Because I am as prone to media mood as anyone else. Worse than being talked about, she was just, sort of, not taken seriously.

Well…how wrong.

The play, written by Matthew Lambardo, was simply hilarious, smart and human. What’s wrong with that? There was a little maudlin dip in Act II (about the editor in the room) and you sort of go, “Eh, whatever. Pasted on for effect.”
But it’s all worth the ride no matter what the partially cheesy sentiment that invades at the end.

Plus, there is a hard edge thing going on (death, lonliness, addiction) that almost makes you go, “Okay, a little cheese is okay. It’s sort of post-modern winky to have all this negative stuff going on with a little bit of optimism thrown in—or forgiveness—at some point. Hell, why not?”

If you are in New York, see it. My gut accounting guts have this feeling that it is losing money. So, help that. Spend some money. You can get halfies, whatever. Dump your cash in this direction. There is something going on here: and it’s alive and it’s funny and it’s smart and it’s frothy. Jump in. Why not have an enjoyable night?

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