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"YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU"

You Can’t Take It With You relates the humorous encounter between a conservative family and the crazy household of Grandpa Martin Vanderhof. Grandpa's family of idiosyncratic individualists amuse with their energetic physical antics and inspire with their wholehearted pursuit of happiness. Kaufman and Hart fill the stage with chaotic activity from beginning to end. Critics have admired the witty one-liners, the visual theatricalism, and the balanced construction of the plays acts. Although You Can’t Take It With You is undeniably escapist theater which prompts immediate enjoyment rather than complex analysis, it has clearly influenced American comedy

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