. >> we conclude with the story of a play on broadway getting brave reviews written by larry kraimer and directed by george c. wolfe and starring ellen barkin and john benjamin hickey. >> it's been a long time since i have had a date. >> his is a date, isn't it?

have enough money. >> and don't live in sub sahara africa. >> who is ned weeks. >> ned weeks is larry kraimerarry has created a romantic hero, a la larry, who is the romantic hero of his play. but one of the most extraordinary things about ned weeks being a stand in for larry is that you see both sides. larry so not romantic about himself. you see why, what he created, why he created it and how brilliantly he did and you also see why they got rid of him, why he was thrown out. and larry went frommhc, gay mens health crisis, and went to form act up, a more political based thing. and you see both sides. you see what there is to love about ned weeks you see what there is to not love. and that's what makes the play so psychologically interesting. >> he doesn't project himself at all. >> rose: and he is a great american character. he is a great amecan character. just in the sense that he goes, this is wrong and i'm not going to stop until somebody deals with it. >> i'm not going tobe embarrassed if you don't approve. >> exactly. it's ferocious and it's fearless and uncompromising and frequently pe