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Character Role Analysis

Moses Herzog/Val Gersbach

Moses and Val have been best friends for a long time; but that ends when Val has an affair with Herzog's wife and gets her to divorce Herzog. As personalities, the guys couldn't be any more different. Herzog is an anxious professor who spends most of his life inside his own head. Val is a charismatic radio announcer who always needs to be the center of attention and tends to dominate whatever conversation he's in. In the end, each man has something that the other lacks. Herzog lacks Val's blind confidence while Val lacks Herzog's thoughtfulness.