Situation comedy isn’t traditionally a vehicle for deep meaning. But The Man Who Came To Dinner, the 1939 comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, is something richer: A surprising meditation on modern celebrity and the illusion of the glamorous lifestyle. In the story, an acerbic theater critic breaks his leg while on a lecture tour in the Midwest and is forced to stay a bit longer at the home of his host family, ultimately taking over the house with his demands and his visiting Broadway luminary friends.
Situation comedy isn’t traditionally a vehicle for deep meaning. But The Man Who Came To Dinner, the 1939 comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, is something richer: A surprising meditation on modern celebrity and the illusion of the glamorous lifestyle. In the story, an acerbic theater critic breaks his leg while on a lecture tour in the Midwest and is forced to stay a bit longer at the home of his host family, ultimately taking over the house with his demands and his visiting Broadway luminary friends.
Situation comedy isn’t traditionally a vehicle for deep meaning. But The Man Who Came To Dinner, the 1939 comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, is something richer: A surprising meditation on modern celebrity and the illusion of the glamorous lifestyle. In the story, an acerbic theater critic breaks his leg while on a lecture tour in the Midwest and is forced to stay a bit longer at the home of his host family, ultimately taking over the house with his demands and his visiting Broadway luminary friends.
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