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David Rabe

Autore di The Firm [1993 film]

35+ opere 1,008 membri 19 recensioni

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Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Rabe was educated at Loras College and Villanova. His service in Vietnam has had a major influence on his work, particularly in his early plays. In 1971 both The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, which traces a soldier's life from basic training to an ugly and ironic death in mostra altro Vietnam, and Sticks and Bones, a slightly absurdist play that combines broad satire of U.S. family life with a realistic portrayal of the suffering of a blind veteran, were produced at Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival. Rabe's other plays of the 1970s were also produced there. Streamers (1976), which won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, is the most notable of his Vietnam plays. Set in an army barracks, it is a powerful presentation of the destruction that can result from blind, uncontrolled rage. Hurlyburly (1985), which concerns the hollow lifestyle of a group of hip southern California men, began a long run on Broadway in 1984. As with many of Rabe's other plays, it explores the horrors that can result from distorted ideas of masculinity. Another recent play, Goose and Tomtom (1987), is a forceful drama about two small-time jewel thieves. In it, Rabe explores the theme of the illusory nature of reality. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

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Opere di David Rabe

The Firm [1993 film] (1993) — Screenwriter — 188 copie
Hurlyburly (1985) — Playwright — 138 copie
Streamers (1970) 111 copie
In the Boom Boom Room (1975) 75 copie
Casualties of War [1989 film] (1989) — Screenwriter — 67 copie
Mr. Wellington (2009) 20 copie
Goose and Tomtom: A Play (1986) 15 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Rabe, David
Nome legale
Rabe, David William
Data di nascita
1940-03-10
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Istruzione
Loras College
Villanova University
Attività lavorative
playwright
Relazioni
Clayburgh, Jill (wife)
Premi e riconoscimenti
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1974)

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A story told from both the perspective of a squirrel and a boy named Jonathan (who I would guess is 12 or so). It's a small, square book with a cutesy cover, but it's actually pretty sophisticated in terms of both the writing and the subject matter (Jonathan finds the baby squirrel after it falls out of its tree, tries to take care of it, and eventually releases it back into the wild). Not too different from The Cats of Roxville Station.

I didn't finish it because I thought it was a little boring and I have such a big pile of books to get through.… (altro)
 
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LibrarianDest | 1 altra recensione | Jan 3, 2024 |
The ending on this movie was not the same as book. I was disappointed because I really liked the book.
 
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dara85 | Nov 20, 2023 |
David returns home after he is wounded in the Vietnam War. He is blind, yet he sees better than anyone. He comes back to a family that couldn’t have been more typical of its era. Denial, racism, a deep desire to hide everything under the carpet. A father that is an absolute brute, a mother whose weakness prevents her from keeping the family together, a younger brother whose only ‘’ideals’’ are pretending to play his guitar, eating chocolate cake and fucking girls in the back seat. How can David not fall into despair?

David Rabe’s play is a constant punch in the stomach. It throws you on the ground, and receive blow after blow, unable to move. You are frozen, witnessing the struggle of a young, broken man whose life and love have been destroyed, whose family home becomes Hell on Earth, worse than the worst battlefield. We could refer to PSTD, racism, middle-class narrow-mindedness, rednecks living in their own distorted microcosm. For me, these are just words. What horrifies me is the absolute lack of any kind of tenderness, not to mention love, from the parents to their child, the cruelty inflicted on the son who fought for an empty cause. When your home becomes a snake pit, what can you do?

From the beginning to its shocking closure, Sticks and Bones is one of the most terrifying, complex, demanding plays in American Drama, a treasure that we need to bring out of its present oblivion. If anyone is listening…

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AmaliaGavea | 2 altre recensioni | Jul 5, 2020 |
A solid play mixed with a mesh of different characters in Vietnam, all in the barracks. The plot-line is intense and it jars and surprises the reader at each turn of the clock. Both are highly developed and the dialogue rings so sharp that it is biting in its quality and effects. One for those interested in drama, both American and otherwise.

4 stars.
 
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DanielSTJ | 2 altre recensioni | Jul 25, 2019 |

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Opere
35
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Utenti
1,008
Popolarità
#25,583
Voto
½ 3.4
Recensioni
19
ISBN
92
Lingue
1

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