OK, then the death of the son is what happened in the play, right? The father was a military contractor that sold defective parts during the war IIRC, and his son dies as a result?

eta: anyway, since Miller didn't actually lose a son, that explains why that "fact" was not mentioned....

Tommyrot, I think that's the basic premise. It's a Miller I've never read nor seen, though.

Part of my brain is telling me that play was based on an Ibsen play. The Master Builder, maybe?

At the first college I went to, there was a bronze bust of Ibson on a high pedestal. Somewhere I have a photo of him wearing my hat, wraparound sunglasses, and striped red and blue polo shirt.

The Ibsen play that Miller adapted was Enemy of the People.

Oh. Now I remember. Sorta.

Enemy of the People was about a guy who tried to expose the dangers of... something or other... and the town got mad at him? The dangers of the town's hot spring water spa, or something?

Yeah, Tom that's about all I remember from my college course on Ibsen.

I have a car-wreck fascination watching people's reaction to 9/11. Along with Dennis Miller, James Lileks went through a similar, Al-Capp-like, transformation from witty satirist to bitter reactionary.

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Seems like there is a Comic prequel for Serenity in the works. Details are sketchy.

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Whoo! The Chicagoland Browncoats managed a sweep of all the awards we were eligible for this year at Capricon. St. Lucy's Hospital won Best Party, Best Theme Party, Best Alcoholic Drink and Best Non-Alcoholic Drink. [link]

We all had a blast, spread the word about Firefly and Serenity and treated scores of "patients" with the best in Alliance medicines. I'll post pictures when my brain recovers from the long hours in the OR.

(ETA link to vampirefan's picture of the Awards)

Yea! And be careful what pictures you post!