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Not a bad read. I was looking for potentially good monologues, but didn't really find something that grabbed me as playable for me as I age. I don't know how I went from auditioning for Hamet and Seymour to auditioning for Claudius and Mr. Mushnik.
3.5 stars but then dwindled to 3 stars towards the end. I laughed and I liked the plays until the very end. “Blow Me” was racist for no reason, and the rest after were unnecessarily hypersexual. “Blow Me” was really the start to what could only be described as stupid plays that followed. The last fifteen pages missed the mark, completely.
For all that Bogosian structures his plays like he’s seeing through the eyes of thousands of characters, he only portrays three or four, all defined and identified by their self indulgent self-concern and their seeming hatred for the other characters. There’s no build. There’s no plot. There’s no larger societal point. Just a bunch of surprisingly similar angry men either snorting coke off of someone’s body or scorning those who would dare to snort coke off of someone’s body. Why is he so revere...
Probably better in performance than read. I find myself repelled by the anger expressed here, not challenged by it. Perhaps another read is in order, but when I think about this play's goal--to inflame the audience the way the speakers of the monologues are inflamed--I find it misses the mark in me because Bogosian's voice is so grating, and doesn't really want to incite you to anger as much as berate the average person. Not the greatest way to get into my psyche, though an admirable try.
This book probably seemed edgier when it was written.This book probably sounds better if Eric Bogosian is reading it to you.I still like him, though reading this transcript of his show didn't do much for me.
Some of this is funny some is just plain stupid but it won't take long to read so why not give it a shot.
Uneven in places, to be sure. But some of the pieces are very memorable: The Glass; Red; The Fan; Rash; and Medicine are pure thoughts laced with acerbic humor and observation.
This book probably seemed edgier when it was written.This book probably sounds better if Eric Bogosian is reading it to you.I still like him, though reading this transcript of his show didn't do much for me.
not for the faint of heart.... awesome one man plays! did my sr adv theatre peice out of this one :D
