Quintessential Steinbeck.
A little 'Grapes of Wrath,' a little 'East of Eden,' a little 'Tortilla Flat.' I can even see in Doc the man that would see the need to travel the country and write 'Travels with Charley.' In Doc, I see a smart guy who needs to be reminded - whether he likes it or not - that life is the ugly and common things we all deal with.
Also like typical Steinbeck, some of the 'story' (thin as it is) wanders off to unresolved dead ends, but we can't worry about that. There's a party right here, a good story, some women, some booze, some fighting, and some music, and you can't live every life in this world. Just one of them. Some of it you have to let go.
A little 'Grapes of Wrath,' a little 'East of Eden,' a little 'Tortilla Flat.' I can even see in Doc the man that would see the need to travel the country and write 'Travels with Charley.' In Doc, I see a smart guy who needs to be reminded - whether he likes it or not - that life is the ugly and common things we all deal with.
Also like typical Steinbeck, some of the 'story' (thin as it is) wanders off to unresolved dead ends, but we can't worry about that. There's a party right here, a good story, some women, some booze, some fighting, and some music, and you can't live every life in this world. Just one of them. Some of it you have to let go.
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