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Riverside Studios, LondonDavid Ireland’s explosive satire turns into farce as two buffoons parading as progressives team up with a dramatist played by Louisa HarlandTwo white men in show business are shooting the breeze. “You ever use the N-word?” the Hollywood actor asks the British director. Then he raises the stakes with a follow-up question, hypothetical of course. Is it ever morally acceptable to rape someone?The actor, Jay (Woody Harrelson), and the director, Leigh (Andy Serkis), are not in a Mamet-esque studio backroom but a tasteful British lounge, collaborating on a play about the Troubles by a young playwright, Ruth (Louisa Harland). Both are knuckle-draggers parading as progressives. Continue reading...