This topic was front and center of a conversation I had recently with Tom Herbst, Director of Marketing, Rums, for Diageo, a consumer goods company with a portfolio of world-famous drink brands, including Captain Morgan and Captain Morgan Black, the darker, bolder spiced version in the line-up of Diageo rums.
Not everyone loves the way its unpredictable natural grain fails to line up from panel to panel (most noticeable in darker shades), though some of the bold new patterns mitigate that effect.
Mr. Simon's reflexive reliance on tick-tock punch-line comedy is the most dated aspect of his plays, especially the darker ones that he wrote in his later years.