The upside to the play is its exploration of political correctness between the generations.  The father in the play is not offended by any racist name that he uses or that is used against him.  He finds it all in good humor.  He is far from being offended or offendable.  The son however, is taken back by any reference to that which is not politically correct.  He can’t take any joke.  Can political correctness go too far? – can it do more harm than good?  This was an interesting place for the play to go – but it never wanted to go there with any teeth.

The downside to the play was its awful central character – the attorney.  He walked all over people.  He used and abused them and all to no point.  He didn’t care about anyone, yet the play would make us believe that he has so much heart that he needs to take it to Africa to help others.  One minute he is kissing his boyfriend then he dumps them without a pause.  It certainly seemed like the play was missing the scene where he just dumps everyone.  Then, of course, in the final moment, with his deceased father’s watch in his hand he wants to take it all back.  Too little – too late to pull the audience back to him.  

The acting felt like really good community theatre.  Trying hard – but almost too hard to really be present in these characters.  AND, on a side note, this was one of those shows where the actors truly looked miserable after curtain call as they shuffled off stage.  It just didn’t seem like anyone was having the good time in the theatre.