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Although the Cain-and-Abel style of sibling rivalry this play focuses on is admirable, 'True West' is another Sam Shepard drama that perplexes much more than enlightens. (Although as far as Bible stories goes, perhaps it's more like the prodigal son and a really annoyed younger brother.)
TRUE WEST is a character study that examines the relationship between Austin, a screenwriter, and his older brother Lee. It is set in the kitchen of.
'True West:' Summary
This kitchen sink drama begins with a young, successful brother diligently working on his next screenplay while watching his mother's house. His older brother has encroached upon the place as well. Austin (the screen writer) does want to upset his brother at first. In fact, despite his older brother's dead-beat ways, Austin seems to admire him, though he doesn't trust him. Though Austen appears civilized at the beginning of the play, he will go off the deep end by Act Three, drinking, thieving, and fighting—traits of his wandering, alcoholic father.
Character Development
Lee, the older brother, is oxymoronically a champion loser. He bums around in the desert, following the same life choices as his drunkard father. He drifts from one friend's house to another, crashing wherever he can. He out a living by stealing appliances or gambling in dogfights. He simultaneously disdains and envies his younger brother's successful lifestyle. yet, when he gets the chance, Lee manages to enter the Hollywood elite, golfing with a movie producer and convincing him to conjure up $300,000 for a script synopsis, even though Lee doesn't know the first thing about developing a story. (This, by the way, is yet another stretch away from reality.)
As often happens when erratic characters nearly reach the end of their troubles, catching a glimpse of paradise just around the corner, their own flaws prevent them from attaining happiness. Such is the case with Lee. Instead of writing a script treatment, Lee becomes severely intoxicated and spends the morning smashing the typewriting with a golf club. Austin doesn't fare much better, having spent his evening robbing the neighborhood of its many toasters. If this sounds amusing, it is. But humor never lingers long in Shepard's plays. Things always turn ugly, and most of his family dramas end with a lot of objects being hurled to the floor. Whether its whiskey bottles, China plates, or heads of rotten cabbage, there's always a lot of smashing going on in these households.
Themes in Sam Shepard's Plays
In addition to being a successful playwright, Shepard is also an Oscar Nominated actor. He stole the show from the rest of an incredible ensemble of actors in the historical drama about the Mercury astronauts, 'The Right Stuff.' In his brilliant portrayal of Chuck Yeager shows that Shepard has a knack for playing brave, stalwart characters that exude integrity. As a playwright, however, he creates many characters that lack integrity—which is precisely the point of many of his plays. Shepard's main message: Humans are not in control of their own emotions, thoughts, personalities. We cannot escape our culture or our family bonds.
In 'Curse of the Starving Class,' those who try to escape their dismal surrounding are immediately destroyed. (Poor Emma is literally destroyed in a car bomb explosion!) In 'Buried Child,' the grandchild tried to drive as far away from his dysfunctional home, only to return to become its new supine patriarch. Finally, in 'True West' we witness a character (Austin) who has achieved the American Dream of a great career and a family, and yet he is compelled to throw everything away in exchange for a solitary life in the desert, following in the footsteps of his brother and father.
The theme of an inherited, inescapable downfall recurs throughout Shepard's work. However, it does not ring true for me personally. It's understood that some children never escape the influence of their family's dysfunction. But many do. Call us optimistic, but the Vinces of the world don't always take their grandfather's place on the couch, sipping from a whiskey bottle. The Austins of America don't always turn from a family man into a thief in a single night (nor do they attempt to strangle their brother).
Bad, crazy, messed-up stuff happens, in real life and on the stage. But to process the evil that men do, maybe audiences might connect more with realism rather than surrealism. The play doesn't need avant-garde dialogue and monologues; violence, addiction, and psychological abnormality are bizarre enough when they occur in real life.
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Description: Sam Shepard's examination of the relationship and rivalry between two brothers - Austin, a screenwriter, and his older, estranged brother, Lee. Starring the Glenister brothers.
The drama is set in the kitchen of their mother's home, 40 miles east of Los Angeles. Austin is house-sitting while their mother is in Alaska, and is confronted there by his brother, who decides to pay a visit. Lee manages to bully his way into the house and to borrow hi...more
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I can drive a couple towns over to the prison housing, roll down my window, and write down verbatim the screaming arguments drifting over the evening breeze. I'd have something pretty much identical to this book. Life imitating art imitating life taken too far.
I'd rate this book a PG-13 for some violence and swearing.
It has the makings of a fun performance, but it reveals one of the sadnesses of reading theatre before seeing it staged because it lies dead on the page and there is no o...more
It seems to me like it is almost certainly a retelling of the biblical Cain and Abel story. Two brothers of wildly different temperaments find themselves in their mother's hom...more
Sam Shepard's examination of the relationship and rivalry between two brothers - Austin, a screenwriter, and his older, estranged brother, Lee. Starring the Glenister brothers.
The drama is set in the kitchen of their mother's home, 40 miles east of Los Angeles. Austin is house-sitting while their mother is in Alaska, and is confronted there by his brother, who decides to pay a visit. Lee manages to bully his way into the house and to borrow his brother's car. The screenp...more
This is the third play of his that I’ve read, and I didn’t much enjoy any of them. Maybe I’m missing something. Maybe his plays are genius, and I’m simply too much of a rube to appreciate them.
As for True West, the tale of two brothers, I started out liking it. Yes, it was yet another dysfunctional family drama, but the promise of an examination of the relationship between siblings, of how siblings can grow up in the same house and end up...more
'The Coyote of Southern California has a distinct yapping, dog-like bark, similar to a Hyena. This yapping grows more intense and maniacal as the pack grows in numbers, which is usually the case when they lure, and kill pets from suburban yards. The sense of growing frenzy in the pack should be felt in the background, particularly in scenes 7 and 8. In any case, these Coyotes never make the long, mournful. solitary howl of the Hollywood stereotype.
The sound of Crickets can speak f...more
[Homer, Barney, Lenny and Carl stare at him blankly.]
Moe: 'Post-Modern?'
[They continue to stare blankly.]
Moe: 'Yeah, all right. 'Weird for the sake of weird.'
Homer, Barney, Lenny and Carl: 'Ohh!'
So with True West, I was introduced to the concept of Postmodernism. Not that this play is the first piece of postmodern literature I've ever read, but it is the first postmodern work I've read that I knew was considered postmodern while I was reading it. Which means absolutely...more
1. Toast. I may never look at toast the same way.
2. Brothers/family. The play's treatment of the brothers' relationship was raw and intense. Their somewhat-but-not-quite Cain and Abel rapport was handled in a visceral and...more
It is a depressing view of sibling drama though well written. The characters were mildly interesting and I give Sam Shepard credit for the structure and delivery.
Cannot recommend
True West plays up the comedy of sibling rivalry. Austin, the screenwriter, is cowed by his brother Lee, who swagg...more
I loved the humor and the brithers relationship it was realistic and fun.
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brilliant idea to have these two actors who successful portrayed these characters in the west end.
I really enjoyed listening to this but just found the ending rather abrupt.
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Two delicious roles for talented actors.