{"product_id":"9780881454208","title":"Fathers And Sons","description":"\u003cp\u003e “FATHERS AND SONS contains many pungent exchanges, and a meaningful subject: the estrangement of fathers and sons through several generations of African-American men and how it might be healed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe omnipresent phantom Benard Goodwater is the bad daddy incarnate—a trumpet-toting, be-bopping ne’er-do-well, who serves as a jive Greek chorus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was clearly a lousy father to his haunted son Leon. And Leon returned the disfavor to his own offspring Marcus, by becoming a coke-sniffing, child-neglecting womanizer himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn FATHERS AND SONS, the two living relations, and the ghostly one, confront one another during a family crisis…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBradford’s dialogue can sizzle and sting, and he exhibits a real flair for sexy romantic banter. That gift is exploited in the more intimate, sensuous scenes…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClearly, the playwright wants to explore how a man like Marcus can overcome a legacy of parental neglect and misogyny to forge a committed marriage—and maybe even a reconciliation with his father.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMisha Berson, Seattle Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadway Play Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012513808624,"sku":"9780881454208","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780881454208_p0.jpg?v=1763849140","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780881454208","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}