Typecasting

Cooper played Joseph in his Preschool production of the Christmas story.
My unbiased review follows.

The stage was set up nicely and the costumes were spot on.  The backstage crew obviously had put some time and energy into this show.  That's about all it had going for it for most of the first act.

Unfortunately there was a bit of miscommunication between the narrator and the Angels.  I personally believe it was a problem with direction, and not necessarily the talent or casting.  Right about when people started looking at their watches and shifting uncomfortably in their seats...a star appeared.  Not a constellation...this wasn't the star that shown over Bethlehem.  No, this was the star that shown over the Dino-Fours production of the Christmas Story.  Young Cooper "Coop" Murphy walked out onto that stage as though he owned it.  For that brief moment the audience had a collective moment of clarity.  We knew we were witnessing greatness.

This was a young Beethoven sitting down for the first time at a piano.  This was El Greco picking up a paintbrush....Carrot Top sifting through the trash... 

When Joseph asked if there was room for even one more at the Inn, you felt the chill in the air.  That chill?  Desperation...

I watched Quentin Tarantino smack John Travolta across the face after he witnessed Coop become Joseph before his eyes.  There are rumors that Phil Hoffman is quitting the business.

It was a performance for the ages - but alas, it was a one time only engagement....

I did hear that he'll be playing the part of Santa's elf in next year's production of The Santa and I...