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00:04You
00:38yes
01:05any time
01:10yeah i know i know i know richard any time
01:17push me
01:20it's all right sorry push me
01:32attack the lords of france and burgundy gloucester and let not women's weapons water drops
01:41stain my man's cheeks no you are natural
01:47no you are natural hags
01:54i will have some i will have such revenges on you both
02:03happy hour
02:04off the camera
02:10thank you
02:24it never gets any easier does it darling
02:28certainly never gets any easier to watch
02:30what does that mean
02:31the actress playing gone the role that was an accent right yes norwegian
02:38was that not a problem was that not pointed out as a problem
02:42i mean i don't mean to be politically incorrect but what the king lear adopt it took me out of
02:48the play
02:48took me right out of the play as did the set no not what i would have done
02:53well we couldn't afford you could we
02:57well overall though you liked it
02:59and by it i mean you know who
03:00darling you were wonderful the director she could just get down on his knees
03:04i wasn't pushing
03:06not at all
03:06there was no effort
03:08that's what was so effective
03:10you look so weak and sapped and
03:12and broken
03:14you made me cry i'm sure anyone with a heart cried at the sight of that
03:20i i know you don't read reviews
03:22but no
03:23yeah no no
03:24no holly
03:25i have no
03:26i have raves
03:27can you believe it
03:28raves
03:29across the board
03:30except for the new york times
03:32even the times
03:34i don't believe
03:35no
03:36what is his name
03:37xerxes
03:38zander
03:39zander young
03:40yeah i just i only skimmed the review but
03:42he he clearly loved it
03:44he said you were the anchor
03:46the anchor
03:47wow
03:48he
03:48hmm
03:50he has liked me in ten years
03:51he hasn't
03:52no
03:53here's the small victories
03:55bastard
03:58can we go somewhere quiet i can't bear this music
04:01you know we could talk about you know the play and
04:04no no no no no no
04:06my performance
04:06darling you cannot depend on your ex-wife for your social life
04:10anyway i'm here with david
04:12even my colorist
04:13no god no divorce lawyer david
04:16it's not a date
04:18he wanted to see the play i didn't want to come alone
04:24david
04:25well
04:26well
04:26that was a really excellent play
04:30yes
04:31i have no idea how you remember all those lines
04:33don't say that david
04:35only if you say that
04:37look at the time
04:38wow
04:39i uh i have a um
04:41i've got a
04:41oh
04:42oh
04:42you see you see
04:44you see what you've done
04:46sorry
04:46easy slow down cowboy
04:48take it easy down
04:49okay well
04:50hello everybody
05:02there you go
05:03table for zender young
05:04mr young
05:06we have your table ready for you
05:07right this way
05:14there you go
05:16here you are
05:16there you are
05:17enjoyed
05:17here you are
05:18uh
05:20i'm
05:20here
05:23i'm
05:24here
05:25you're
05:27here
05:28you're
05:30i'm
05:32here
05:45Zander Young?
05:46Yes.
05:47Richard Bean, I heard you liked my leer.
05:51I agree with you.
05:52I'm glad we're on the same page.
05:54At last!
05:55I can't talk to you.
05:56Why not?
05:57I can't talk to you about what I write.
05:59I'm afraid there are very strict rules, journalistic ethics.
06:02Oh, well, I just wanted to swing by and tell you that I appreciate your support.
06:07I've waited a long time for it.
06:09But truth be told, I haven't been a fan of your writing for quite some time.
06:15But I'm starting to like it now.
06:17Did you read the review, Troy?
06:19No, I had it summarized for me.
06:21He loved the production.
06:22He didn't like you, Troy.
06:24I'm a little confused because he liked the production, but he didn't like the leer.
06:29I don't think that's possible.
06:30Do you know how much shit he has to sit through every week?
06:32Do not engage.
06:33I'm engaging, Sander.
06:34I am engaging.
06:35Okay.
06:36I saw the show, too.
06:38And?
06:40Lifeless.
06:41Passionless.
06:42Oh, yes.
06:43I'm trying to process this.
06:45I was told that he said I was the anchor.
06:50Like an anchor.
06:51Dragging the whole thing down.
06:54That's very different.
06:56We can't discuss this.
06:57No, of course not.
06:58You can only slander me in print, but not to my face.
07:01It's not slander.
07:02It's an opinion.
07:03It's not an opinion.
07:04It's a megaphone.
07:07I have an opinion.
07:10I think...
07:11Troy.
07:12Troy is too young for you.
07:14But I'm not going to write a piece about her in the New York Times because that would be rude.
07:18Do you know he used to love you?
07:20He still talks about your Hamlet at some little theater in Pennsylvania.
07:24Wait a minute.
07:25You came and saw my Hamlet at the MFT.
07:28He wanted to see this kid that everyone was talking about, and he thought that he'd seen the future of
07:33American theater.
07:34We're leaving.
07:34But that Richard Bean is long gone.
07:36And now you're here on your own opening night.
07:39A sad old man drinking alone.
07:42Troy.
07:43A man more lost and defeated than King fucking Lear.
07:46There.
07:47I just summarized the review for you.
07:48You're welcome.
07:49Come.
07:53No!
07:55What the fuck?
07:57You're a natural hang.
08:00No regrets.
08:02Were you drunk?
08:03No.
08:04Were you high?
08:05No.
08:05What I was was justifiably miffed at a dismissive, cruel review from a third-rate critic.
08:14And that's why you attacked him and his husband and called them unnatural hags?
08:21That's a quote from the play.
08:22Great.
08:23There is a whole subreddit, whatever the fuck that is, about you being a homophobe.
08:28Someone called it gay bashing.
08:30I'm a Broadway actor, okay?
08:32I'm as gay as a man can be without actually being gay.
08:36You know what I'm saying?
08:37So, you don't know.
08:38You weren't there.
08:39No, I wasn't.
08:40Luckily, there's video.
08:42I don't know.
08:44Okay.
08:47But they shall be the terrors of the earth.
08:51You look deranged.
08:53I will not weep.
08:54I am the closer to the making and get away from you.
08:59Hold.
09:00I have a weapon.
09:02Ha, ha, ha.
09:03Go.
09:06Get on.
09:07Get on.
09:10Why is the table on fire?
09:12I don't know.
09:13I don't know.
09:13I must have left before any first responders showed up.
09:17This is a viral shitshow, Richard.
09:20Because it's taken out of context.
09:22I mean, I'm not saying it's a deep fake.
09:25Could we say it's a deep fake?
09:27Nah.
09:29I'm going to lean into the drugs and booze angle.
09:32Oh, good.
09:32I'll put our statements.
09:34Yeah, but not an apology.
09:36Oh, you're filled with remorse.
09:38And regret.
09:39And shame.
09:40I'm not filled with any of those.
09:42I told the critic the truth.
09:45I have no remorse.
09:47I feel no shame.
09:48I'm a little embarrassed by the fact that I did launch into a verse of Edelweiss.
09:53Because I was trying to diffuse the situation.
09:56But apologies.
09:57Regret?
09:58No.
09:59So, you write whatever you want to write.
10:01I don't care.
10:03I have to go to the theater.
10:06Why?
10:07Because I thought maybe I'd do a matinee of King Lear.
10:11What the fuck?
10:11No, Richard.
10:12You have no matinee.
10:14You have no evening performance either.
10:17The producers are putting you on hiatus.
10:20A forced hiatus.
10:21While I clear this shit up.
10:24I have to be on that stage.
10:25Every performance, are people going to think...
10:27What?
10:27That you had some kind of public breakdown?
10:29Well, you did, Richard.
10:31You had a small involuntary mental collapse,
10:36which I'm going to say was caused by mixing booze with medication you were taking for back pain.
10:41I'm going to need a month to clear this up.
10:43Maybe two in the meantime.
10:46Leave.
10:47Leave?
10:48As in go somewhere else.
10:50And I don't mean Brooklyn.
10:51I mean like a remote island.
10:53Another country.
10:54Another state.
10:55At the very least.
10:57So I'm being banished from Broadway for entertaining people.
11:03You know, that's what I do.
11:06Okay.
11:12Hello?
11:13Mom's dead.
11:14Who's this?
11:15John.
11:16John who?
11:17Your brother.
11:18Oh, hi.
11:19Hi, John.
11:20This is my brother.
11:21Did you say Mom's dead?
11:25Yes.
11:29Does she read the review?
11:39He's coming tomorrow.
11:42He cannot go to the theater.
11:44Promise me.
11:45Well, what do you want me to say?
11:47I don't know.
11:48Say anything.
11:49Say it's being fumigated.
11:50It's tented.
11:52Lie.
11:55Lie?
11:56Why did you have to tell him?
11:57Why did I tell him his mother died?
11:59He has not seen her in three years.
12:01The only person who cares about is himself.
12:03You know that.
12:03He just beat up a critic.
12:05It's all over the internet.
12:06It's literally the most narcissistic thing a person can do.
12:08I will deal with him.
12:09I can't handle his crap right now.
12:13He's going to come back here.
12:14He's going to intone all over the place.
12:18Just in case you forgot, we are so financially fucked.
12:23What is that?
12:24A bijou.
12:26Oh, no.
12:27No.
12:27No, no, no.
12:28You cannot.
12:28You cannot ply me with alcohol.
12:30No.
12:32God, I feel so bad for your dad.
12:35I know you don't.
12:39Oh, sweet Jesus.
12:40I don't know how you do it.
12:42It's about how you express the limit.
12:46How the two of you came from the same parents, I will never understand.
12:51Richard has to pay for the funeral.
12:55I'll ask him.
12:56No, no.
12:57You will tell him.
12:58You will look him in the eye.
13:02Keep him away from the theater.
13:23Hey, pal.
13:24Cool.
13:37Good, you're here.
13:42Hard to be here.
13:45Oh, thanks.
13:46Over here.
13:51Wow.
13:52Change the bed, huh?
13:57God, look at this.
13:58Everything, everything's closed.
14:00Yeah, well, times are tough.
14:03Struggling, like everywhere else.
14:05Still feels like home.
14:07I love to swing by the theater.
14:09No, no, that's not the...
14:11Let's go to Dad.
14:12Just a minute, I have to stand on that stage.
14:14You know, I need the inspiration.
14:16Hey, no, Richard, let's just, you know, let's focus on Mom and Dad today, okay?
14:20Come on, I'll take you home.
14:21You can get set.
14:22Sure, you're right.
14:23Yeah.
14:23I'm glad she went quickly.
14:25No, she didn't, actually.
14:28No, she was sick for a while.
14:30I just saw her last spring.
14:32No.
14:33Yes, I brought her that ostrich egg from Harrod.
14:35No, no, that was three years ago.
14:37Three years.
14:37No, it wasn't.
14:38Three years of trust.
14:39Three years?
14:39Three years.
14:40This is me.
14:42How's Dad taking it?
14:43How he's coping.
14:46You know, it's hard.
14:54Listen.
14:57You need help with the funeral.
15:00Oh, I'll take care of it.
15:01I'll stage something theatrical, but discreet.
15:06Death will be the theme, but it can't be all about death.
15:08It'll also be uplifting.
15:10But appropriately depressing.
15:13Music has to be there.
15:14Quintet, maybe.
15:15I meant paying for it.
15:16I know it's asking a lot, and I hate doing it, but maybe it'll help you with the guilt
15:23I hope you're feeling for not having seen her in all the wisdom.
15:54Hey, here, here you go.
15:56You're not coming in?
15:57No, I would, but I've got a crazy afternoon.
16:00Miranda's there.
16:01She'll set you up.
16:02Miranda, great.
16:04Spends a lot of time with Dad.
16:06It's like two peas, those two.
16:07It's nice.
16:09She'll love seeing you.
16:10How about her?
16:11Hey, hey.
16:13Come by tonight.
16:14I'll make you dinner.
16:15Oh, great.
16:16I'll stop by the theater on the way.
16:18No, don't do that.
16:19Just spend time with Dad.
16:21Okay?
16:22I'll come by and get you.
16:24Great.
16:26Oh, and Richard?
16:28Don't tell Dad about the thing with Mom.
16:31What thing?
16:32The death thing.
16:33That she's dead.
16:34He doesn't know.
16:35He doesn't?
16:36Won't he sort of figure that out when he sees her in the coffin?
16:39Just don't.
16:40Okay?
16:40It'll upset him.
16:41He won't know how to process it.
16:42And this is a longer conversation.
16:45It's just, he'll love seeing you.
16:46Okay?
16:46Just enjoy each other.
16:48Okay.
16:48I'll see you later.
17:01Dad?
17:05Miranda?
17:10Miranda?
17:15Dad?
17:25Dad?
17:26John, you sound like a woman.
17:28Speak from the diaphragm.
17:31It's Richard.
17:33Richard!
17:35My son!
17:36My star!
17:37Come on up!
17:38Wait, I'll put you on your own.
17:40I don't want to frighten you.
17:44Dad?
17:45You're home!
17:47Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
17:49Look at you!
17:51Ha ha ha!
17:52Oh wow!
17:54I'm a mess.
17:55I didn't know you were coming.
17:57I wanted to surprise you.
17:59You have been working very hard, I think.
18:03Oh yes, oh yes.
18:04Look at this gentleman here.
18:07Who is he?
18:08No, I know it's hard without the hair.
18:11It's, uh...
18:12You did his earnest at MFT.
18:15Oh Christ, Oscar Wilde.
18:18Ha ha ha ha!
18:19You see that?
18:21Yeah.
18:21Yeah, Dad, I'm sorry I've been away so long.
18:24Well, you're here now.
18:25Sit.
18:30You were only 23 years old when you did it.
18:34Earnest, I mean.
18:35That was the same year as we did much ado.
18:39So, have you two tied the knot yet?
18:42We two.
18:43You and Kristen?
18:44Uh, Kristen is married to John.
18:48But how does that work?
18:50With both of you in New York?
18:52She's here.
18:52I'm in New York.
18:53Ah!
18:56This...
18:56Papiocca pudding.
18:58So tell us.
19:00How are things on the Great White Way?
19:03Oh, they're great.
19:04In fact, I just opened there in King Lear.
19:08Lear?
19:08Did you hear that, Bill?
19:12Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, and thou no breath at all?
19:19Thou shalt come no more.
19:22Never, never, never, never, never, never.
19:28How were the reviews?
19:30They were all raised, raised.
19:33Do you remember our Lear?
19:36You, Edmund, John as Edgar, you boys were terrific.
19:41And Ethel as regularly.
19:43She was terrifying.
19:45I built a theater, best in the country.
19:49But this is what I'm most proud of.
19:53My eldest, my artist.
19:56And if I play my cards right, I'll talk him into doing another play here with me soon.
20:02The two of us, together again.
20:04You think about that.
20:05I will, I will.
20:08There's something that I want to say, and I don't want you to respond to it.
20:14I just want you to sit there and listen to me.
20:17Sure.
20:19Boy, this is, this is harder than I thought it would be, and I don't know why.
20:25Here goes.
20:29I'm gay.
20:32Oh, I'm a gay man.
20:34I was always a gay man.
20:36But I just never allowed myself to be one.
20:39But now, in the twilight of my years, I'm motivated to tie up loose ends.
20:45Now, I want you to understand that this is not the dementia talking.
20:51Okay.
20:53I'm gay.
20:54I'm a gay man.
20:55I've always been a gay man.
20:57But now, in my twilight years, I, didn't I say that already?
21:06You did, Dad.
21:07Yeah.
21:08That's the dementia.
21:10Well, I think that's wonderful, Dad.
21:12I'm so happy for you.
21:13I knew you would understand.
21:16Have you told John yet?
21:17Oh, hell no.
21:18I can't tell him anything.
21:19He worries.
21:21He thinks I'm losing my mind.
21:24Oh, there's one more thing.
21:26You must promise me something, Richard.
21:27You must promise me.
21:29I, I, what?
21:30You won't tell your mother.
21:34I won't.
21:46Uncle Richard?
21:50Oh, my God.
21:53Oh, you're all grown up.
21:56Don't cry.
21:57No, no, no, no, no, no.
21:58Please, if you start crying, I'll start crying.
22:00No, no, no.
22:02This is my spirit.
22:03Well, we all do.
22:04Yes, I know.
22:05God, I'm so glad you're here.
22:07Are you okay?
22:09Well, I know.
22:10She had a good life.
22:11No, I meant with the review and the whole thing with the critic.
22:15Oh, that?
22:16Yes, well, um.
22:18You know, I'm kind of surprised it actually didn't happen after the Beckett.
22:21I actually managed to repress that one.
22:24Yeah, thanks for reminding me.
22:25How do you know about all that?
22:27Mom forwards me all your reviews.
22:29Really?
22:30What's that about?
22:31She's trying to discourage me, I think.
22:33From what?
22:34Being happy, I guess.
22:37I never had more fun than when I went to visit you in New York.
22:40Nana would take me to see her shows.
22:42You came a lot, yes, didn't you?
22:43Wait a minute.
22:44You were a child?
22:45What were you, eight when you came to see Virginia Woolf?
22:47I was so scared, but I loved it.
22:49I loved all of it.
22:51All the actors and shows and the parties.
22:54It was magic.
22:55How many of my shows did you actually see?
22:57A lot.
22:58Really?
22:59Yeah, because that was the one place she saw you.
23:01She had to die for you to come back.
23:05Don't say that.
23:06That's not true.
23:13It is true.
23:14I'm an asshole.
23:16Only sometimes.
23:18Oh, yeah.
23:20Yeah.
23:21Anyway, I think I want to live in New York.
23:23Oh?
23:25I remember you said if I want to be an actress, I should be there.
23:28And I can help you.
23:29Really?
23:31I mean, there are calls I can make, strings I can pull.
23:34Maybe not as many strings as before.
23:37I saw the video.
23:40Behold, I have a weapon!
23:44But still, don't rush to New York.
23:46You've got a perfect opportunity right here in Millersburg.
23:49You've got a theater in your backyard.
23:50It's where I learned everything I know about acting.
23:53At the Millersburg Festival Theater, it was the perfect place to start a career.
23:58When I played Hamlet, the acoustics and such, whatever it is, it's magical because it was a communal experience.
24:07You know what I mean?
24:10Have you been to the theater?
24:11Oh, yeah.
24:13You should go.
24:38Oh, yeah.
25:04Oh, yeah.
25:08Put aside your worries, you won't have a care
25:12When the doorbell rings and the Matza Man is there
25:16It's no wonder he gets so many calls
25:19No one can resist my Matza boss
25:24He's the Matza, Matza, Matza Man
25:27You're in love with the Matza Man
25:31Matza, Matza, Matza Man
25:34He's not a hot, so I'm a soul with the Matza
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