Again, one of my favorites. It was actually made into a movie before I heard about it. The movie, The Big Kahuna, was amazing. I then saw that it was based on a play, got my hands on it and was awed by the fact that it was almost word for word the same. That so very rarely happens.
The play is about 3 industrial lubricant salesmen and what transpires during a hospitality party. IMDB sums it up thusly:
On the last evening of a convention two seen-it-all industrial lubricant salesmen and a youngster from the research department gather in the hotel's hospitality suite to host a delegates party. The main aim is to get the business of one particular big fish. When it becomes apparent that it is the lad who has developed a direct line to the guy, his strong religious beliefs bring him into sharp conflict with his older and more cynical colleagues.
For me this play, with all it's subtleties and openness, is one superb example of a play that should be performed in churches everywhere. It won't be though. The language is too blue, too honest. Oh well. C'est la vie.
~9/10~
[personal notes: this one would be great for Al, Tony and I to do together sometime. Sometime when they are up to the length of it.]
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