i've never seen spalding gray act before. i don't know how he was in other movies but he was HORRIBLE in this role. his phrasing made little sense, breaking lines up in bizarre places. he seemed to break lines up whenever he needed a breath rather than for any specific purpose. any mediocre actor would have given a better performance on a first reading through the script. "our mountain"? "our town"? he delivered the lines as if he had no connection with the town at all. perhaps someone should have woken him up before the performance. perhaps the director could have gotten him to stop mumbling. didn't anyone realize that they were given this incoherent boob the biggest, most crucial role in the play?
