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Their timing in the first act is impeccable. Their retorts are fast-paced and neurotically hilarious, their affectionate moments are deeply moving without any schmaltzy sentimentality. In other words, they embody both the relationship you've always been ready to kill for and the one for which you thank God daily for having so far spared...
Admittedly, the pace of the second act slows somewhat with the incorporation of the two additional characters and the plot complications they provide. In part, this is due to the nature of the script. Yew includes several poetic monologues which, though eloquently written and sincerely delivered, do not cover a lot of new ground. On the whole, the best moments of A Language of Their Own come not when the characters elegize to the audience over the successes and failures of communication with each other, but when they literally establish (and at times destroy) an intimate and mutual working language...
Meehan is best-known for the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act...
...Shays-Meehan Act, which would ban foreign and soft money contributions, rein in campaign advertisements posing as issue advocacy and increase the disclosure of political expenditures...
Meehan says he and others are applying as much pressure as they possibly can to get the bill passed, but says it is unlikely that the Senate will act on it this year...