Yet part of the attraction of the story is that it shows us various gradations of citizen — a manual-worker criminal, his dainty Puerto Rican cousin and a snooty Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) mentor with a ritzy wife and a penchant for nutritional drinks.
The fact that they all swear like navvies, in the same tone, denies us nuances of class that might sharpen the satire.
Beefy Jackie (Ricardo Chavira) has finally landed a job. He rushes to his girlfriend (Flor De Liz Perez) to tell her, but is infuriated to discover traces of infidelity in her flat.
The Motherf***er With The Hat is f-word overkill, says QUENTIN LETTS!
Stephen Adly Guirgis’s play about a lovelorn New York ex-con has won prizes in the U.S., but I left disappointed.
Its most obvious feature, as you may gather from the title, is bad language. The f-word must be used, oooh, 300 times in this 90-minute production.
What a bore. Guirgis defenders will say the word is repeated because that is how his low-life characters speak.
Yet part of the attraction of the story is that it shows us various gradations of citizen — a manual-worker criminal, his dainty Puerto Rican cousin and a snooty Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) mentor with a ritzy wife and a penchant for nutritional drinks.
The fact that they all swear like navvies, in the same tone, denies us nuances of class that might sharpen the satire.
Beefy Jackie (Ricardo Chavira) has finally landed a job. He rushes to his girlfriend (Flor De Liz Perez) to tell her, but is infuriated to discover traces of infidelity in her flat.
Yet part of the attraction of the story is that it shows us various gradations of citizen — a manual-worker criminal, his dainty Puerto Rican cousin and a snooty Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) mentor with a ritzy wife and a penchant for nutritional drinks.
The fact that they all swear like navvies, in the same tone, denies us nuances of class that might sharpen the satire.
Beefy Jackie (Ricardo Chavira) has finally landed a job. He rushes to his girlfriend (Flor De Liz Perez) to tell her, but is infuriated to discover traces of infidelity in her flat.