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Murder at the Howard Johnson's
2 male, 1 fmale Interior Set All is fair in love? Even murder? That's the question posed by this light and funny suspense comedy about a love triangle in a Howard Johnson Motor Inn. In the first episode, Mitchell, an obvious and commonplace dentist who sees himself as the dashing, heroic type and Arlene, a middle aged "Femme Fatale" of sorts, plan to murder her husband Paul, a blundering used car salesman. In the second episode, having dFull Length, Comedy
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First published December 1, 1980
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Ron Clark
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June 21, 2012
Ridiculous, silly, funny in a Marx Brothers/Three Stooges sorta way ... but meaningless in the end.
It's hard to write a good parody of noir, I don't doubt it. And I must say that Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick did a nice job of it. It's got the regular people doing dirty deeds for dark reasons, but (and here's where we enter the parody phase) they are horribly inept at it.
At first, I thought the idea of different pairings to kill off a third person was smart and clever and would be funny. By the time I got to the third telling of it (I thought there would only be two), I was a little bored. And that's where it would be hard to see this play live (besides the infidelity theme). Unlike the movie "Run, Lola, Run", Murder doesn't effectively use those three retellings for any meaningful purpose. The end results are way too similar and don't add any emotional depth.
Sure, it might be a good time if you can just listen to the funny lines (and there are some funny lines), but what started out promising only ended up good.
It's hard to write a good parody of noir, I don't doubt it. And I must say that Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick did a nice job of it. It's got the regular people doing dirty deeds for dark reasons, but (and here's where we enter the parody phase) they are horribly inept at it.
At first, I thought the idea of different pairings to kill off a third person was smart and clever and would be funny. By the time I got to the third telling of it (I thought there would only be two), I was a little bored. And that's where it would be hard to see this play live (besides the infidelity theme). Unlike the movie "Run, Lola, Run", Murder doesn't effectively use those three retellings for any meaningful purpose. The end results are way too similar and don't add any emotional depth.
Sure, it might be a good time if you can just listen to the funny lines (and there are some funny lines), but what started out promising only ended up good.
April 8, 2008
Funny funny. Nothing is funnier than people trying to kill each other. Laughs throughout. I want to perform this now.
October 26, 2009
I really laughed out loud while reading this book. Would be great to see an actual performance.
February 9, 2016
This is a fast-paced and funny bit of fluff. Mindless entertainment - it's a farce, although I found Act 2 to be tediously predictable.
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