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