Edmund Donovan

A thoughtful consideration of, as the title signals, Late Fame post office mail sorter Ed Saxberger wrote an ignored, small book of poetry, Way Past Go, years ago. Prompted by its dominant member Meyers, an arrogant, pretentious group calling itself the Enthusiasm Society discover Saxberger’s poetry and become fawning fans, though it becomes obvious several have not bothered to read the book. Approached out of the blue, flattered, Ed is eventually persuaded to attend the group’s meeting, drinking, and self-congratulatory get togethers. As Saxberger, Willem Dafoe transitions flawlessly from cautious and suspicious—at first thinking the attention is a prank—to enjoying the adulation, until he doesn’t.