Theater | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: Courtroom murder trials are inherently tense, but made even more so when the case involves marines who have sworn to live up to a certain code of ethics and honor. These issues are tackled in Aaron Sorkin’s 1989 play (and 1992 movie) A Few Good Men, which runs at the Pittsburgh Public Theater through Sun., Oct. 13.
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The America we live in today is a very different America than when this play was written. Guantanamo Bay has become almost a synonym for the corruption and secrecy within the military, and the Pittsburgh Public’s choice to present this play in 2019 is one that could be unpacked for an essay’s worth of writing. As the article indicates, nothing much is done within the production to indicate the time period of the play, even though it can be considered integral to the context of the story itself. The author writes that nothing much is done to delineate the time period of the play, almost to the point where it can be read and interpreted as a contemporary piece. I actually laughed out loud when the author remarked that, in true Sorkin style, there was one important female character and her main personality trait was being a nag. I love Aaron Sorkin’s snappy dialogue style, but writing convincing, multidimensional female characters who aren’t solely there to nag on the boys is one of his shortcomings.
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