Joy Division
Time Out New York
February 8, 2010: Shortly into the New York premiere of Lucinda Coxon’s Happy Now?, the answer to the title’s question, for both the main character of Kitty (Bacon) and the audience, becomes ominously clear: Kitty and we are not very happy now, no; and we are unlikely to be happy, in fact, for at least the next two hours or so. In Kitty’s case, it is because she feels tense and empty despite having achieved what people like her are supposed to want: a stable marriage, healthy kids, a substantial career, a homosexual best friend (Brian Keane) who is kind and funny and lonely. In our case, it is because, unlike the stock gay pal, we have limited patience for Kitty and her emotional litter.
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