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Last of the Red Hot Lovers

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Brett Alan Dewing
Oct 15, 2023
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22 to go.

I am, at 43, suddenly developing a real taste for Neil Simon. Maybe my age is exactly why I see the absurd realism in his middle-aged characters. Maybe after so long studying play structure, the way he crafts with symmetry and movement and unity of place impresses me. Maybe neither of those are really 'maybes'.

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