I am not sure if I liked the play or not. Admittedly, I had no idea what was going on in the beginning. The only thing that I got out of the first act, was that these men were fast-talkers who were dealing in some unethical practices.
I felt that all of the characters were identifiable:
Roma- the young hotshot
Levene- the old post-hotshot trying to hold on to his past
Aaronow- the desperate old timer
Moss- the hard-ass criminal
Williamson- the guy who is just doing his job
Lingk- the push-over husband
Although Levene was the tragic hero of the story, Aaronow was the ethical hero of the play. At the bottom of the board, his character was the most desperate. The audience saw him faced with an unethical plan that will lead him to success when he needed it the most. In the end, however, Aaronow was not the one who fell to temptation. For him, it was better to be at the bottom of the Cadillac board than to risk robbing his employer, getting arrested and ruining his life.
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