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Loading... A Good Place to Come From (1974)by Morley Torgov
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My sole criticism during was that he played it safe by consistently steering away from anything serious. We don't hear the speech about fundraising for Israel, only about the speaker's amusing discomfort. Torgov doesn't share the pain of his mother's passing, it's only mentioned casually. With everything so lighthearted and fun-poking in its characterizations, something was missing. The exception to this is his relationship with his father. With that one element more closely examined the story becomes a whole, because a good place to come from is not just a place. ( )