tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post9040158757947099750..comments2024-03-16T18:38:04.996-04:00Comments on Critics At Large : Grandstanding: Other Desert CitiesCritics at Largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073851963852030361noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-66609070208336461782013-07-09T17:51:21.667-04:002013-07-09T17:51:21.667-04:00Enjoyed your review. Also enjoyed the play in Seat...Enjoyed your review. Also enjoyed the play in Seattle. Contradiction? It seemed to me that Baitz was sending up both left and right (yes, the actors did make speeches). The right gets honked by the excesses of the parents' dedication to Reagan, Nancy (she of the horoscopes) especially. But then they reveal that it was all an act to cover their son's fake suicide and keep the feds off his track. The left (daughter) is held up as naive and silly in light of this. The residual, even with all the stilted speeches, that I got was of parents loving their son, enduring a life of charades to keep him alive. The most authentic (maybe only authentic) lines were of the parents getting those wordless phone calls. <br />Bill FischelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com