Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell
At first I found Tobacco Road depressing. Then I started to find it funny. I’m not sure if I was supposed to have that reaction or not. My mother says she saw the play years ago and it was definitely not a comedy but I don’t see how you can stage some of that action and not have people laughing. I mean, sure, these people are leading sad lives and I imagine Caldwell modelled them after real people leading real sad lives, but then he presented them in hysterically funny situations. So, sorry if I wasn’t supposed to laugh but I did.