I actually saw "The Goat" in Boston last year; it was pretty harrowing in the execution! While the premise inevitably produces guffaws, beginning with the subtitle's pun on The Two Gentlemen of Verona's "Who is Silvia? what is she,/ That all our swains commend her?", in the event it was actually a rather thought-provoking tragedy about the nature of "Love", etc.

In the case of the newly widowed Sudanese fellow, I can only say that the whole business makes me feel baaaad, especially for the kid; I hope they had a good nanny!

~D