Intimations of mortality from comically remorseful agent

Intimations of mortality from comically remorseful agent Director Martin McDonagh. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / LucaFazPhoto.

Martin McDonagh is an acquired taste some people prefer not to acquire. I have to admit I’ve rarely ‘got’ him. He’s made at least one masterpiece (Three Billboards) but I generally find his mix of poignancy and outrageousness cracks under the strain of such divergences. After seeing The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Brian Behan (himself…

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