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No Beauty in the 'Beast'

2.5 Stars It's pretty clear from the start that "Beast," which is enthusiastically described by playwright Michael Weller as a "fever dream in six scenes," is not your typical realistic drama.

In the first scene, Jimmy (Logan Marshall-Green), a young, badly injured Iraq War veteran, is grieving over the empty coffin of his pal Ben (Corey Stoll) in a German military hospital. Both were victims...

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