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"IT SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE COMRADE": THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICAN IDEALS IN ROOM SERVICE

Today the names Alien Boretz and John Murray are no longer widely recognized. Seventy years ago, however, they were the celebrated co-authors of the most successful Broadway script ever produced.1 That script-a farce entitled Room Service-remains a staple of the American theatre even now.2 Yet, even while Room Service continues to be a familiar part of the repertoire, its authors might scratch their heads over the many transformations the play has made in its journey from 1930s farce to its most recent Off-Broadway revival in 2007. They would certainly miss the nuanced socialist subtext that was systematically scoured from the story during its successive retellings on film.

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