Paddy Chayefsky saw the world through a magnifying glass and the results are chilling, hilarious too but chilling. I first became aware of Paddy Chayesfy in "The Goddess" a tiny production introducing a thirty-something stage actress named Kim Stanley. Wow, it blew my mind. She plays a Marilyn Monroe type in 1958! When Marilyn was reaching her zenith but Chayesfy sees beyond and discovers an unbearable sadness. Here in "The Hospital" he reveals something that now it doesn't surprises us. Brutal and absurdly funny. George C Scott, an actor I admire but find very difficult to warm up to, is profoundly human as the doctor on the verge. The rest of the cast is priceless. Every tiny little part. Well, casting by Marion Dougherty means something. Superb.
Review of The Hospital
