Chekhov’s Bear.

Yes, that’s a mildly geeky title.

CHEKHOV

If not vaguely sacrilegious to an icon of Russian literature. Although, to be frank, I never saw much of the appeal of the guy. I did a video production in college of one of his plays – it was about this widow who wouldn’t pay back her dead husband’s debts to a man, who then proceeded to shout at her until she fell in love with him; I was the butler – and let’s just say that I came out of the proceedings with a diminished appreciation of Chekhov’s contributions to culture. Come to think of it, a good bear mauling would have improved the plot of that play considerably…