The Young Man from Atlanta | Review of The Young Man from Atlanta
In the following review, Kanfer calls The Young Man from Atlanta ‘‘inadequate.’’
As for Will, is he a sensitive soul locked in a massive, suffering body? Or is he really a loutish Texan who drove his kid to misery? And what of Lily Dale? Is she the long-suffering soul she appears to be? Or is she a pampered beauty gone to fat, weeping for the woman who was, rather than for the son who kept his distance?
Any of these problem might have made a compelling play; none is explored. Whether the son, the man from Atlanta and Carson were part of a gay cabal is hinted at—and then left for the audience to wonder about. We can see that the Kidder marriage,...
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