The View from the Chair — ‘Marty’ and the Triumph of Fat, Ugly Little Men

Clara (Nancy Marchand) and Marty (Rod Steiger)

Marty Pilletti is a butcher, a common enough profession in a common enough working-class world. His sisters and younger brother have all gotten married, but Marty's the lone holdout.

"You should get married," his customers tell him, a common enough expression from people who mean well - one they repeat to themselves, but more often than not ...