Willy Loman wrote that "My estimate of Grosbard all but collapsed as, observing Dustin Hoffman's awkwardness and his big nose that never seemed to get unstuffy, I wondered how the poor fellow imagined himself a candidate for any kind of acting career." Willy Loman William "Willy" Loman is a fictional character and the protagonist of Arthur Miller's classic play "Death of a Salesman", which debuted on Broadway with Lee J. Cobb playing Loman at the Morosco Theatre on February 10, 1949. Loman is a 63-year-old travelling salesman from Brooklyn with 34 years of experience with the same company who endures a pay
The Salesman (2016 film) The website's critical consensus reads, ""The Salesman" takes an ambitiously complex look at thought-provoking themes, and the well-acted results prove another consistently absorbing entry in writer-director Asghar Farhadi's distinguished filmography." On Metacritic, it holds an 85/100 rating, based on 36 reviews from critics, indicating "universal acclaim". After its Cannes screening, Owen Gleiberman wrote in "Variety" that, following Farhadi's "A Separation" and "The Past", "The Salesman" "is another finely cut gem of neorealist suspense." Donald Clarke's review from "The Irish Times" stated that "The latest from Asghar Farhadi sees another family put under stress after a violent attack." Deborah Young in