![]() ![]() ![]() And perhaps most significantly, both are a good deal more professional, entertaining, intense, and compelling than any other new Hollywood releases around, even if their commercial fates are substantially more precarious than those of most of their competitors. Both are effectively (if not literally) one-man shows whose auteurs are more their Jewish writer-stars than their directors, and the impact of each is directly tied to the uncommon theatrical skills of these individuals. Both deal with marginal aspects of American life that seldom find their way into the commercial mainstream, which makes them new and vital in ways that most other recent releases are not. Each was written by and stars the author of the original play - Harvey Fierstein and Eric Bogosian, respectively. McGinley, and John Pankow.Īs different as they are, Torch Song Trilogy and Talk Radio, both movie adaptations of plays, have several striking things in common. ![]() With Bogosian, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. With Harvey Fierstein, Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Brian Kerwin, Karen Young, Ken Page, and Eddie Castrodad. From the Chicago Reader (December 23, 1988). ![]()
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