Robert Dilger

The acting is superb x 10. The set is Honeymooners meets the Ghetto classic. The debate is timeless. Are we here to be God’s example set for us by Jesus? Are we all our brothers keepers by an unspoken oath to our Creator? Or are we victims of a cruel joke, set forward by a Big Bang billions of years ago. The remarkable thing is, I consider myself as living in both characters brains. The narrative expressed by Samuel L. Jackson seems to prevail early on. We can tell by his story that he may have at one time been like Jules, his character in Pulp Fiction, during a moment of transition. The transition ends with a dedication to God to live by his decree. Tommy Lee Jones is his brother and his nemesis. His life contains only academics which don’t mean much to him, a life of civilized rules, limited human contact, very little if any love, and no future interest in robotically going on. The script is so well written that we see both arguments painfully dissected. In the end, Jackson is the one left vanquished. He failed to find, or divinely receive, the words necessary to save the day and that wounds him deeply. God remains. I believe that. We are the imperfect ones.