It is clear that Holden is a more-than-average cynical
young man in this book and in this chapter, as he takes his date, Sally, to see a play
with a famous couple called the Lunts in it, it is clear that he is definitely not
impressed with what he sees. Although Holden says that the show was not terrible, he
also says that it was a bit "on the crappy side" and that he is unable to become
interested in the fate of any of the characters. Apart from the expected criticism of it
all being phony, note what he has to say about the star couple
themselves:
They didn't act like people and they didn't act
like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities
and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good... If you do something too good,
then, after a while, if you don't watch it, you start showing off. And then you're not
as good any more.
Even though
he does credit the couple as being the only actors with any "brains," it is clear that
the fact that they are "too good" at what they do means that they do not impress Holden,
who seems to have set himself and others impossibly high expectations to meet and
follow.
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