I tried to get day-of tickets to OTHER DESERT CITIES recently but refused to pay $120/seat. So I bought the script instead. I was able to picture Stockard Channing, Judith Light, and Rachel Griffiths in the roles, which made the reading fun. It’s a quick read with the usual awful/delicious family revelations at the end, including a few good twists. I liked the “conservative parents/liberal kids” overlay, too.I also bought the script to AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, which I’ll read next, when I feel the need for another good dark comedy about messed-up families. (Although on TV, Mike White’s Enlightened is doing a pretty good job of filling that void these days.)

I tried to get day-of tickets to OTHER DESERT CITIES recently but refused to pay $120/seat. So I bought the script instead. I was able to picture Stockard Channing, Judith Light, and Rachel Griffiths in the roles, which made the reading fun. It’s a quick read with the usual awful/delicious family revelations at the end, including a few good twists. I liked the “conservative parents/liberal kids” overlay, too.

I also bought the script to AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, which I’ll read next, when I feel the need for another good dark comedy about messed-up families. (Although on TV, Mike White’s Enlightened is doing a pretty good job of filling that void these days.)


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