The
Star Spangled Girl by Neil Simon. Andy and
Norman are two earnest young men using their apartment as a
publishing office for a "protest" magazine in San Francisco. Sophie,
an Olympic swimmer and all-American girl, moves into another
apartment on the same floor. Her friendliness and charm
leave Norman hopelessly smitten. Thereafter love, with him, is a
determined madness, with the humor of it heightened by her frantic
rejection of him. Meanwhile, his partner is fielding telephone calls
from the irate printer who wants to collect the money due him, and
distracting the landlady from thoughts of back rent. Love and
politics blend delightfully in a bubbling series of funny
happenings, set forth with the masterly skill and inventiveness that
are the hallmarks of Neil Simon.
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