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Brilliantly funny adaptation of Matt and Ben's relationship. I think Matt's role was made for me to play...looking for a Ben!
Running a NLP algorithm on "Matt & Ben" might be revealing with the many curious sentence structures; needless to say this was lost on me. There was always a fighting chance that I’d love this; the author when interviewed was mostly equivocal about why she'd written the play - maybe her admiration of the actors or simply having a book with many Cambridge Boston references serves as a ‘Ruy Lopez’ to other such writing efforts. I never came across another script by Mindy however; so this was just
Mindy Kaling was the main reason I read this play and I was not disappointed. Some parts are especially witty and funny and made me chuckle. I like how it ends with the whole script turning blank, but the two young man still found their way to success. I do agree that it would look better and funnier with Kaling and Withers on stage acting out.
I've been wanting to read this for a while, even before I knew Mindy Kaling had written it. And it lived up to my expectations! I would love to be in a production of this play.Also, there's something really cool about reading about parodies of famous people....I'd recommend this play.
I watched Good Will Hunting for the first time today and I finally understood this play! I loved this play! Great. Quick read but really funny.
I sometimes think about the Me and Mindy finally meet and i know we will be fast friends. She is witty and funny and an amazing writer/actress/producer. She has yet again succeeded in making my laugh and sigh saying "oh Mindy" This is so cleverly written and i loved it so!
I read this because Mindy Kaling is a co-author, and I thought it would be funnier than it was. Maybe it's better to be seen with Kaling and Withers playing Affleck and Damon, but the play read as more serious than funny to me. There is a lot here about friendship and sticking together and choices/consequences as seen through the eyes of soon to be Hollywood stars. I think it'd be funnier to watch a girl fight between Matt & Ben instead of read about it.
Definitely a fringe piece! I think I would have like this more when Matt and Ben (the people) were more relevant, but I got a cackle or two and that's about it. I'm sure it's funnier in performance.
"Matt: This is an excellent script. This is the best script I've ever read. If Ben put this here as a joke, if Ben wrote this, then I have severely underestimated his talents.Ben: Hey, hey check this out! (Ben chugs an entire bottle of Veryfine apple juice.) One motherf*cking sip!Matt: Okay, Ben did not write this."It's kind of bonkers that Good Will Hunting, an incredibly touching and brilliantly done film, was written by the original f*ckboys: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.Mindy Kaling (!) and Br...
Read this out loud with my girlfriend and it was a lot of fun. She loves Mindy Kaling and was excited when I picked this up for her birthday. I would definitely suggest this for a quick read and a good laugh.
Funny and thoroughly enjoyable. I'd love to see it on stage sometime.
This was an amusing play. Although extremely clever and insightful into character and the way we read into celebrity character, it's also clearly the work of young writers, still playing with form. There is a postmodern introduction where we meet the characters and they start narrating the story as if it's a film script. Once the characters start interacting, though, there's plenty of fun and funny dialogue.
This was a fun play to read because I kept switching back and forth between imagining it being acted out by the real Matt & Ben and Kaling and Withers. I read it because I love Mindy Kaling and the play did not disappoint.
Would love to see this performed by Matt and Ben. One can totally believe that this is how they talk and behave..really funny.
Funny quick read, the play that started everything for Mindy Kaling. I'd read about it in her first essay collection/memoir and just realized the library had a copy. Would have been hilarious to see live.
3.5/5A quirky play written and performed by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers. They act out the roles of Matt Dameon and Ben Affleck as though the two are collaborating to write the screenplay for Good Will Hunting. I can see how this would be funny acted out as a play.
This is a kooky, funny little play co-written by Mindy Kaling about how Matt Damon and Ben Affleck stumbled upon their hit screenplay Good Will Hunting. It's a quick funny read that's worth checking out. I wish I had been able to see this play with Mindy Kaling playing Ben...or even if Matt and Ben played themselves.
This play might have seemed more clever if I knew a bit more about Matt Damon and Ben Affleck or just about Hollywood culture in general. I liked the concept of a script really falling from the ceiling, though. It led to some interesting dilemmas.
It's clear to see how and why Mindy Kaling got noticed from this play. It's very quirky and humorous, in which you get a sense of from her memoirs as well. I was entertained by the thought that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have a silly friendship like this.
It was fun satire but this is one of those plays that was harder to read and appreciate. Probably ten times funnier with Kaling and Withers and Matt and Ben. Still, I chuckled a bit.
