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Neil Simon Characters
Neil Simon, he can be considered one of Americas favorite playwrights. Nearly six decades of comedy, and Neil is still relieving the fearsd and anxieties of audiences by making them laugh, mostly at their own foibles. The Characters and the interactions that Neil Simon pieces together, may seem a bit over the top, his scripts still manage to have nerve hitting connections between a cast and an auadience . Everyone can find a place in a dysfunctional family, mostly becuaase, its real, we all think our family is dysfunctional. This makes Neils plays have more life in them, and is probably a big part of why America loves Neil so much.
Simon wants the audience to have an experience with any of his work, he likes to so feature of lifes highs and

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