I agree with th8rguykc .....he would probably be a soap-opera fan ( in secret of course) and would love our war epics.....I could imagine he would be impatiently waiting for the next season of "The Sopranos".

Marber?  Ugh.  Closer to me just seemed like a cheap, unoriginal copy of far better character studies about cheating (e.g., Betrayal).  And the language in Closer is so stupid.  Unlike Mamet, who actually uses four-letter words to some artistic end, it seemed like Marber was TRYING to make a gimmick out of it.  "Ooh, people are gonna love this play because I stuck in all these expletives."

Sorry if I got a little uppity there.  I'm familiar with the play (not just the movie), and, I mean, it's ok, but, in my opinion, nothing to rave about.  The thing that annoys me about it the most is that it seems to be a little too hip and popular for its own good.  I was involved in a production where doing that show was the pride of the theater board's life- it was a new, brave masterpiece, everyone was absolutely gaga over it, they were so happy they had the rights, blah, blah, blah.  If it were just another random show stuck in the middle of the season, I probably wouldn't care so much about it, but the context in which I was introduced to it really turned me off.