Laughter can bring a new perspective.
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Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that.Christopher Durang
My parents didn't really know one another.
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Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance of the comic and the sad. It should play as funny, but you should care about the characters and feel sad for them.
Christopher Durang
It was before Vatican II and the liberalization of church doctrine. You weren't meant to eat meat on Friday in deference to Christ, who died on Friday. If you did, you went to hell, ... That way, Hitler would be in hell alongside someone who ate meat on Friday. I thought there was no justice there.
Christopher Durang
This was back in the '50s, pre-talk shows, ... There was not a lot of discussion about grieving. I think my parents had a lot of unexpressed grief. There was an underlying sadness around that permeated.
Christopher Durang
My father was an alcoholic, and my mother fought with him when he was drunk, which was not necessarily the best way to confront the problem.
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