00:05Oh
00:38yes
01:05any time
01:06yeah i know i know richard any time
01:17push me sorry sorry push me
01:35and let not women's weapons water drops stain my man's cheeks no you are natural
01:47you are natural hags i will have some
01:56i will have such revenges on you both
02:23it never gets any easier does it don't
02:28certainly never gets any easier to watch
02:30what's that mean the actress playing gondola 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
02:48plane took me right out of the plane as did the set no not what i would have done well
02:54we couldn't
02:54afford you could we well overall though you liked it and by it i mean you know who darling and
03:01you
03:01were wonderful the director should just get down on his knees and i wasn't pushing not at all
03:07there was no effort that's what was so effective you look so weak and sad and
03:13and broken you 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 but no yeah no no no no holly i have no i have
03:26raves can you believe
03:28it raves across the board except for the new york times even the times yeah i don't believe
03:35no what is his name xerxes zander zander young young yeah i just i only skimmed the review but he
03:42he clearly loved it he said you were the anchor the anchor wow he has liked me in ten years
03:52he
03:52hasn't no here's the small victories we go somewhere quiet i can't bear this music you know we could
04:02talk about you know the play and my performance darling you cannot depend on your ex-wife for your
04:09social life anyway i'm here with david david my colorist no god no divorce lawyer david it's not a
04:17date he wanted to see the play i didn't want to come alone david uh david well that was a
04:29really
04:29excellent play yes i have no idea how you remember all those lines don't say that david only even say
04:36that look at the time wow i uh i have a um i've got a oh you see you see
04:44see what you've done
04:46sorry easy slow down cowboy take it easy down okay well hello everybody
05:02table for zander young mr young we have your table ready for you right this way
05:08can i uh here you are here you are enjoy
05:34um
05:45zander young yes richard bean i heard you liked my leer i agree with you i'm glad we're on the
05:54same page
05:54at last i can't talk to you why not i can't talk to you about what i write i'm afraid
06:00there are very
06:00strict rules journalistic ethics oh well i just wanted to swing by and tell you that uh
06:06i appreciate your support i've waited a long time for it but um truth be told i haven't been a
06:11fan of
06:12your writing for quite some time but i'm starting to like it now did you read the review troy no
06:19i had
06:20it summarized for me he loved the production he didn't like you troy i'm a little confused because he
06:26liked the production but he didn't like the leer i don't think that's possible do you know how much
06:31shit they sit through every we do not engage engaging center i am engaging okay i saw the show too
06:39and lifeless passionless uh yes i'm trying to process this i was told
06:47that he said i was the anchor like an anchor dragging the whole thing down
06:54that's very different we can't discuss this no of course not you can only slander me in print but not
07:00to my face it's not slander it's an opinion it's not an opinion it's a megaphone i have an opinion
07:09i think troy troy is too young for you but i'm not going to write a piece about her in
07:16the new york
07:16times because that would be rude do you know he used to love you he still talks about your hamlet
07:21at
07:22some little theater in pennsylvania wait a minute you came and saw my hamlet at the mft he wanted to
07:28see this kid that everyone was talking about and he thought that he'd seen the future of american
07:33theater we're leaving but that richard bean is long gone and now you're here on your own opening
07:39night a sad old man drinking alone troy a man more lost and defeated than king fucking lear
07:46there i just summarized the review for you you're welcome
07:57no regrets were you drunk no were you high no what i was was uh justifiably um miffed at a
08:09uh dismissive cruel review uh uh from a third-rate critic and that's why you attacked him and his
08:17husband and called them uh unnatural hags that's a quote from the play great there is a whole
08:24subreddit whatever the that is about you being a homophobe someone called it gay bashing i'm a
08:31broadway actor okay i'm i'm as gay as a man can be without actually being gay you know what i'm
08:36saying
08:37so you don't know you weren't there no i wasn't luckily there's video
08:44okay
08:47but they shall be the terrors of the earth you look
09:09why is the table on fire huh i don't know i must have left before any first responders showed up
09:16this is a viral shitshell richard because it's taken out of context i mean i'm not saying it's a
09:24deep fake but could we say it's a deep thing nah i'm gonna lean into the drugs and booze angle
09:31oh
09:32good our statement yeah but not an apology oh you're filled with remorse and regret and shame i'm not
09:41filled with any of those i told the critic the truth i have no remorse i feel no shame i'm
09:48a little
09:48embarrassed by the fact that i did launch into a verse of edelweiss because i was trying to diffuse
09:54the situation but uh apologies regret no so you write whatever you want to write i don't care i have
10:04to go
10:04to the theater why because i i thought maybe i'd do a matinee of king lear what the fuck no
10:12richard you
10:13have no matinee you have no evening performance either the producers are putting you on hiatus a
10:20forced hiatus while i clear this shit i have to be on that stage every performance are people gonna
10:26think what that you had some kind of public breakdown well you did richard you had a small
10:34involuntary mental collapse which i'm going to say was caused by mixing booze with medication you
10:39were taking for back pain i'm gonna need a month to clear this up maybe two in the meantime
10:47leave leave as in go somewhere else and i don't mean brooklyn i mean like a remote island another
10:54country another state at the very least so uh being banished from broadway for entertaining people
11:04that's what i do okay hello mom's dead who's this john john who your brother oh hi hi john
11:20that's my brother did you say mom's dead yes
11:29did she read the review
11:39he's coming tomorrow he cannot go to the theater promise me what do you want me to say i don't
11:47know
11:48say anything say it's being fumigated it's tented lie lie why did you have to tell him why did i
11:58tell him his mother died he has not seen her in three years
12:01the only person who cares about is himself you know that he just beat up a critic it's all over
12:05the
12:05internet it's literally the most narcissistic thing a person can do i won't deal with him i can't let
12:11handle his crap right now he's gonna come back here he's gonna intone all over the place just in case
12:18you forgot we are so financially fucked what is that a bijou oh no no no no you cannot you
12:29cannot climb me
12:29with alcohol i feel so bad for your dad i know you don't
12:39oh sweet jesus i don't know how you do it it's about how you express the
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 no no you will tell him you will look him in the eye
13:02keep him away from the theater
13:37good you're here
13:41good you're here
13:44hard to be
13:45oh thanks
13:50wow changed a bit huh
13:56god look at this everything everything's closed yeah well times are tough struggling like everywhere else
14:05still feels like home i love to swing by the theater no no that's not the
14:10yeah i've got it let's go to dad for a minute i have to stand on that stage you know
14:14i need the
14:15inspiration let let no richard let's just you know let's focus on mom and dad today okay come on
14:21take you home okay you can get set sure you're right yeah i'm glad she went quickly
14:26no she didn't actually no she was sick for a while
14:30i just saw her last spring no
14:33yes i brought her that awesome check from harris no no that was three years ago
14:37three years three years three years this is me how's dad taking it well he's uh coping but you know
14:47it's hard
14:57you need help with the funeral oh i'll take care of it i'll stage something
15:04theatrical but discreet death will be the theme but it can't be all about death it'll also be
15:09uplifting but appropriately depressing music has to be there quintet maybe i meant paying for it
15:17i know it's asking a lot and i hate doing it but maybe it'll help you with the guilt i
15:23hope you're feeling for not having seen her in all the wisdom
15:40that's what's going on
15:54hey here here you go you're not coming in no i would but look i got a crazy afternoon
16:00miranda's there she'll uh set you up miranda great
16:04there's a lot of time with dad it's like two peas those two it's nice so i love seeing you
16:10i'm not here hey hey come by tonight i'll make you dinner oh great i'll stop by the theater
16:17on the way no don't don't do that just spend time with that okay i'll come by and get you
16:23great oh and
16:26richard don't tell dad about the uh the thing with mom what thing the death thing that she's dead he
16:34doesn't know you don't want to sort of figure that out when he sees her in the coffin just don't
16:40okay
16:40it'll upset him he won't know how to process it and this is a longer conversation just he'll love
16:45seeing you okay just enjoy each other okay i'll see you later
17:00dad
17:05veranda
17:10veranda
17:15dad
17:25her
17:26uh
17:26uh
17:31it's richard
17:34richard my son
17:35my star
17:37come on up wait i'll put something on i don't want to frighten you
17:44dad
17:45you're home
17:53i'm a mess
17:56i didn't know you were coming i wanted to surprise you
18:00you have been uh working very hard i think oh yes oh yes look at this gentleman here
18:06who is he no i know it's hard without the hair
18:11it's uh
18:12you did his earnest at mft
18:15oh christ
18:16oscar wild
18:18you see
18:19yeah dad i'm sorry i've been away so long
18:23well you're here now
18:25well you're here now sit
18:30you were only 23 years old when you did it
18:34earnest i mean that 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 with both of you in new york
18:51she's here i'm in new york
18:53huh
18:55this
18:57papiocca pudding
18:58so tell us
19:00how are things on the great white way
19:02oh they're they're great in fact i just opened there in uh
19:06king lear
19:07lear
19:09did you hear that bill
19:12why should a dog
19:14a horse a rat have life
19:17and thou no breath at all
19:19thou shalt come no more
19:22never
19:23never
19:24never
19:25never
19:26never
19:28how were the reviews
19:30they were
19:31all raised raised
19:34do you remember our lear
19:36you
19:37edmund
19:38john as edgar you boys were terrific
19:41and ethel
19:42as regularly she was terrifying
19:45i built a theater
19:47best in the country
19:49but this
19:51is what i'm most proud of
19:53my eldest
19:54my artist
19:56and if i play my cards right
19:58i'll talk him into doing another play here
20:01with me soon the two of us
20:03together again you think about that
20:05i will i will
20:08there's something that i want to say
20:09and i don't want you
20:13to respond to it
20:14i just want you to sit there and listen to me
20:17sure
20:18oh
20:19boy this is
20:21this is harder than i thought it would be and i don't know why
20:25here goes
20:29i'm gay
20:31oh
20:33i'm a gay man
20:34i was always a gay man
20:37but i just never allowed myself to be one
20:40but now in the twilight of my years
20:43i'm motivated to tie up loose ends
20:45i want you to understand that this is not the dementia talking
20:51okay
20:53i'm gay i'm a gay man
20:55i've always been a gay man
20:57but
20:58now
20:59in
20:59in my twilight years
21:01i
21:04didn't i say that already
21:06you did dad
21:07yeah
21:08that's the dementia
21:10well
21:10i 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 i can't tell him anything
21:20he worries
21:20he thinks i'm losing my mind
21:24oh
21:25there's one more thing you must promise me something
21:27richard you must promise me
21:29what
21:30you won't tell your mother
21:37i won't
21:46uncle richard
21:52oh my god
21:54you're all grown up
21:56don't cry
21:58no no no no no no please if you start crying i'll start crying
22:00no no no
22:02you just miss her
22:03well we all do
22:04well we all do
22:04yes i know
22:05god i'm so glad you're here
22:07are you okay
22:09well i know she had a good life
22:11no i meant with the review and the whole thing with the critic
22:15oh that
22:16yes well
22:17uh
22:17uh
22:18you know i'm kind of surprised it actually didn't happen after the becket
22:21i actually managed to repress that one
22:24yeah thanks for reminding me uh how do you know about all that
22:27mom forwards me all your reviews
22:29really what'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 your shows
22:42you came a lot yes didn't you
22:43wait a minute you were a child what were you eight when you came to see virginia wolf
22:47i was so scared but i loved it i loved all of it
22:51all the actors and shows and the parties it was magic
22:55how many funny shows did you actually see a lot
22:58really yeah because that was the one place she saw you
23:02she had to die for you to come back
23:05don't say that
23:07that's not true
23:13it is true i'm an
23:14asshole
23:16only sometimes
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
23:31there 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
23:43maybe but still don't rush to new york you've got a perfect opportunity right here in millisburg
23:48or you've got a theater in your backyard it's where i learned everything i know about acting
23:53at the millisburg festival theater it was the perfect place to start a career when i played hamlet
23:59the acoustics and such and whatever it is it's magical because it was a
24:05it was a communal experience you know what i mean
24:10have you been to the theater oh yeah
24:13you know what i mean
24:13you should go
24:15you should go
24:19you should go
24:19go
24:19go
24:20go
24:20go
24:24go
24:24go
24:34go
24:35go
24:48go
24:50go
25:09Put aside your worries, you won't have a care
25:12When the doorbell rings and the mouth of men is there
25:15It's no wonder he gets so many calls
25:19No one can resist my Muts-O-Boss
25:24He's the Muts-O-Muts-O-Muts-O-Man
25:28You're in love with the Muts-O-Man
25:32Muts-O-Muts-O-Muts-O-Man
25:35He's love to hustle my soul with the Muts-O-Man
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