It's not entirely Simon's fault but he had mined this material before - an elder brother he worshipped, an unrealiable father - and some of the tropes pop up in other autobiographical works from Jewish writers of his generation: the wisecracking family, worship of baseball, being pervy on women. (There's a lot of overlap with Radio Days/Annie Hall)
I felt it was more successful as a drama than a comedy though the comedy is fine. The talk of masturbation and Eugene being a sex pest got on my nerves - it was true to life, don't get me wrong, it was just irritating. I felt as though it lacked a wallop - I kept waiting for the dad to be cheating on the side.
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