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Tooth of Crime is an album by T Bone Burnett. The album is a selection of music written by Burnett for the 1996 production of Sam Shepard 's play The Tooth of Crime .
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The play is set in a vaguely described science fiction future dominated by "The Game," a conflation of rock music and violenceplayed by "Markers" under the direction of "The Keepers." Hoss has struggled to become the top Marker, only to find himself doubting his own abilities in the face of opposition from "Gypsies" who operate outside of the offic...
Hoss – The world's top Marker, he is worried that the younger Gypsies are aiming to usurp his position. He often takes on the dialects of past myths, such as a Western gunfighter, a 1920s gangster,...Crow – An upstart Gypsie Marker seeking to dethrone Hoss. He constantly speaks in a stylish, newfangled dialect. He is described as looking like The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.Becky Lou– Hoss's girlfriend/manager.Star-Man – An astrologerwho advises Hoss.The Tooth of Crime was first performed at the Open Space, Londonon July 17, 1972. The cast included: 1. Hoss – Malcolm Storry 2. Becky Lou – Petronella Ford 3. Star-Man – Michael Weller 4. Galactic Jack – Tony Milner 5. Cheyenne – Tony Sibbalt 6. Doc – John Grillo 7. Crow – Dave Schofield 8. Directed by Charles Marowitz. Shepard originally wrote th...
Mustazza, Leonard (1989). "In the Old Style: The Tragic Vision in Sam Shepard's The Tooth of Crime". Text and Performance Quarterly. Vol. 9, no. 4. pp. 277–285. doi:10.1080/10462938909365939.Gilman, Richard. (1984) Introduction. Seven Playsby Sam Shepard. New York: Bantam.- Jules Aaron, Sam Shepard
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Das gilt für die schleppenden Rhythmen von "The slowdown" und "The rat age" ebenso wie für das Beinahe-Mantra "Sweet lullaby". Beim flehenden "Dope Island" wird Burnetts sonorer Sprechgesang von Sam Phillips' betörender Stimme kontrastiert. Lediglich das gemeinsam mit dem seligen Roy Orbison verfasste "Kill zone" hat zuviel Theaterschminke ...
Dive deep into Sam Shepard's The Tooth of Crime with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion.
Critical Essays. Analysis. Summary. PDF Cite Share. The Tooth of Crime is a large idea, a play imbued with the energy and chaos of jazz and rock, a 1960’s look at the future alterations in...
31. Mai 2008 · Dope Island and Kill Zone burrow into the darkest recesses of the soul, the terror and nastiness of the protagonists counter-balanced on occasion by the soothing tones of Burnett’s own ex-wife singer Sam Phillips. Rarely following the narrative of Shepard’s original words, Burnett instead eavesdrops on these twisted folks ...
At once seductive and unsettling from the haunting Dope Island (featuring alluring vocals by Sam Phillips) to oddly romantic Kill Zone to the brutal The Rat Age to the atmospheric Telepresence to the hill-country blues elegy that closes the tale, Sweet Lullaby it s a set of songs capturing a state of identity and cultural dislocation with an ...
