A review by emmareadstoomuch
Matt & Ben by Mindy Kaling, Brenda Withers

4.0

"Matt: This is an excellent script. This is the best script I've ever read. If Ben put this here as a joke, if Ben wrote this, then I have severely underestimated his talents.
Ben: Hey, hey check this out! (Ben chugs an entire bottle of Veryfine apple juice.) One motherf*cking sip!
Matt: Okay, Ben did not write this."

It's kind of bonkers that Good Will Hunting, an incredibly touching and brilliantly done film, was written by the original f*ckboys: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

Mindy Kaling (!) and Brenda Withers have a different idea of what happened.

It involves a script falling from the ceiling. And it is hilarious. (And gender-bending.)

"Ben: I keyed your car.
Matt: Oh.
Ben: Yeah, and this woman saw me and I didn't want her to call the cops so I, uh, got in your car and pretended like it was my car and that I had just keyed my own car."

It, obviously, could be hard to picture. I'm sure I would give the actual first run of the play five stars. In fact, now I just really wanna see the play. But I'm more than happy to settle for this.

Bottom line: this play should Not be forgotten. It put Mindy Kaling, one of my all-time fave authors, on the map! Bonus, it's so fun. You should totally read this.

(PS: If you're interested, you can see Kaling and Withers perform the beginning of their play at https://youtu.be/Mmi8NTahJCQ?t=34s)