"Neil Simon strikes me less as the new Moliere than as a rattier Rattigan."
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Jews from the United StatesScreenwriters from the United StatesPeople from New York CityPlaywrights from the United StatesTony Award winners
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, "Films in Focus". The Village Voice (May 20, 1971)
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Neil Simon
Marvin Neil Simon (4 July 1927 – 26 August 2018) was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his comedies.
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