Granted, the show's not aimed at straight men like my Chinese-buffet-loving soul mate, and it gets produced more often than right-handed babies - but what's wrong with a little '80s-style Southern comfort? I think maybe Carv's seen Robert Harling's 1987 tearjerker too often. I laughed often and misted my glasses at the end, but he just sat there like a parking meter with Asperger's. He chuckled twice throughout the whole play. It's enough to make me wonder if his feelers are broken.

Read Amanda Stevens full review of Steel Magnolias in the music and Culture section.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Nov. 3, Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 North I Street, Tacoma, $15-$22, 253.272.2281

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