After the Fall Book

Quite possibly the worst play I've ever read, and please take into consideration that I went to college with playwrights and was forced to read their crap. Imagine Arthur Miller weepily masturbating onstage for an hour and a half.

This play was worse. Though similar.

I also don't care for this perpetuated image of Marilyn Monroe being a failure. As a child she was the victim of sexual abuse, abandonment and neglect, all while growing up in dozens of foster homes. Of course she turned into a drug addict! It made me feel like a voyeuristic pervert reading about her through his eyes (though cliche as it was). It's easy to pick on the dead when they can't defend themselves.

And had it not been for all the juicy Monroe scenes, no way would this play have been produced. It lacks action and originality. Read some of the dialogue aloud - sounds like a soap opera. But with Nazis and a starlit.