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August: Osage County
She called it honesty. Her daughters knew it was something else.
Who it's for
August: Osage County shows, without softening, what it is like to be the adult child of a parent who is addicted, ill and cruel.
Angry→Validated
Feelings it meets
What it is
John Wells' drama, adapted by Tracy Letts from his own play, is set during a hot August in rural Oklahoma. When Beverly Weston disappears, his wife Violet, who is ill and addicted to painkillers, summons her daughters Barbara, Ivy and Karen and her extended family back to the family home.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A father's suicide; advances on a teen.
Age: R (language including sexual references, drug material)
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Children”
