You Hurt My Feelings | Questions and Answers

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Cast

• Beth – Julia Louis-Dreyfus
• Don – Tobias Menzies
• Elliot – Owen Teague
• Sarah – Michaela Watkins
• Mark – Arian Moayed
• Georgia – Jeannie Berlin
• Written by – Nicole Holocener
• Directed by – Nicole Holocener

You Hurt My Feelings | Questions and Answers

Why did Mark get fired from the play?

It seems the director just didn’t think Mark understood the character and his performance wasn’t up to par. It wasn’t necessarily one thing. 

Was Don a bad therapist? 

On the one hand, talk therapy does often entail simply giving people a space to discuss how they’re feeling. That in and of itself can be helpful, regardless of the quality of the therapist’s response. On the other hand, it did seem Don wasn’t giving his all to his patients. He even admits as much to Mark. It’s possible this is just a minor funk over a brief period but the couple did say they’ve been going for years and haven’t felt any improvement in their relationship. However there was the older man who had been with Don for what seemed like a decade or more and that man was very thankful. 

So if we’re giving the benefit of the doubt, Don’s capable but has been slipping and apathetic for a year or so. It seems that he’s at least ready to make more of an effort. That bodes well for everyone. 

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