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...POPPA JOHN by Larry Woiwode Farrar Straus Giroux; 204 pages...
...never comes close to giving it either tragic or comic life. Except for the funny holdup and a brief subsequent Vegas gambling spree, Going in Style has only dull, homely sequences that alternately patronize and sentimentalize the aged. The mordant humor of Carl Reiner's Where's Poppa? and the fiery compassion of Paul Mazursky's Harry and Tonto are nowhere to be found...
David Jones, chairman of Humana Inc., complains that Chrysler's previous management made bad decisions, "and now they expect somebody else to pick up the bill." Pertec Computer Chairman Ryal Poppa warns, "Soon the Government will be asking us why we complain when they want to regulate our businesses if we're so willing to accept their help when we are in trouble." Economist Alan Greenspan finds a Government bailout wrong on principle, wrong because it would be granted not to any troubled company but only to a large one, and wrong because it would not protect jobs...
...couple's tactical problem: Who would guard the home front, with Momma in the front lines? Obviously Poppa, since in these days of deflated dollars Yanks in Germany can no longer easily afford such amenities as full-time baby sitters. So Richard dutifully quit his job once more. In increasingly liberated America, househusbands are becoming an accepted part of life. But in the macho world of the military, Richard is an unassimilable anomaly: as far as his military neighbors were concerned, he might as well have bartered away Pentagon secrets. Explains Richard: "The husbands won't talk...
Serge and Nicole's incest in itself isn't the main theme. It's just an ironic twist that the only people who have a fulfilling love must break the most rigid taboo of society to share it. When Serge shouts through tears, "Poppa, I love you, even though no one's ever told you that because it's the kind of thing you don't shout!" we are closer to the real heart of the play...