Cannonball Read 18

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Bump by Chiara Atik

Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet

Speed the Plow by David Mamet

Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill

American Buffalo by David Mamet

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Bump Completely unrelated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvPPA3Gv7RQ&ab_channel=SpankRock-Topic This more recent play begins with a few small moments in the life of a pregnancy. We start with a pregnancy message board specifically tied to “December Moms” based on their due dates, which the specific acknowledgement that some might have their babies in November, or January, or not at all, depending. From there, we move to our central players: Claudia is announcing her very early pregnancy to her parents. Her mom is excited, and her dad doesn’t initially understand what […]

Brother, Can You Spare a Nickel?

American Buffalo by David Mamet

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The planned Broadway revival of American Buffalo starring Sam Rockwell and Laurence Fishburne was one of my first Covid cancellations. When I got the tickets as a gift for Christmas 2019 they came with a copy of the play. I have to confess I don’t particularly like reading plays. There’s so much beyond the dialogue that goes into making a play and it’s hard to get a sense of all that from the page. That’s especially true for a play like American Buffalo, which features […]

The Front Page of Absurdity

Chicago by David Mamet

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David Mamet is best know as the playwright behind such award-winning plays as Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed-the-plow, and American Buffalo. Chicago is his fourth novel but his first in eighteen years. The winding plot follows newspaper reporter Mike Hodge as he attempts to solve a string of gang-related murders in the titular town during the 1920s. With help from his fellow reporter Clem Parlow, a black female madam named Peekaboo, and a host of colorful characters on both sides of the law, Hodge attempts to […]

Losing your mind or your Cadillac?

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I’ve been reading a lot of twentieth-century drama. But none has come quite so close to my current dissertation topic as Glengarry Glen Ross. Back when I was first doing my research, my dissertation director referenced it a few times, which meant that it needed to go on my list. It’s definitely an intriguing idea, and I liked the overlapping nature of the dialogue, though I bet so much of the play’s richness occurs in the delivery of the lines and the interactions of the […]



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