| re: Riedel on Neil Simon and Jerry Zaks | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 12:58 am EDT 08/31/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 12:56 am EDT 08/31/18 | |
| In reply to: Riedel on Neil Simon and Jerry Zaks - StageLover 09:05 pm EDT 08/30/18 | |
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| I'm kinda surprised to read that Simon thought ''The Goodbye Girl'' was the nadir of his career. He had so many hits (''Barefoot in the Park,'' ''The Odd Couple''), but he had a number of flops, too. Simon would quote Walter Kerr's review for ''The Star-Spangled Girl'': ''He hasn't had an idea for a play this season, but he's gone ahead and written one anyway." Simon wrote more than his share of screenplays and TV stuff, but as a writer, he was such a creature of the theater. Some have said that Simon's style of comedy writing is passe or dead, but I think it's mostly moved over to TV sitcoms. Nowadays, if you're a playwright who gets much attention, you're snapped up by Hollywood to do episodic shows or screenplays. And who could blame them? The money's much better, and the fate of your work doesn't necessarily hinge on the critics. But the theater is sadder without their vitality or their voices. |
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