Critic's Choice: A Comedy in Three ActsTHE STORY: The New York Times outlines: The hero is a drama critic...What is the most searching way to test this paragon's integrity? Have his wife write a play. A stinker, naturally...He heckles the little woman, tells her she won't finish the play, |
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Page 1 - ... and after a twenty-minute search we were successful in reclaiming the hat from beneath a panda in a second-floor closet. I do not know what report the detective made to his superiors. We were never offered a reward, though. I sometimes have visions of a gag conference in which that slick character who is traditionally known as Manny bounces in, eyes ablaze, and bubbles over with: "Listen. This guy's a dramatic critic, see? So his wife writes a play. He's got to review the play. Take it from there.