Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead (Genes and Gender; 7)
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ISBN: 1559360968 / Publisher: Theatre Communications Group, October 2008
The playwright presents a series of unconnected monologues which attempt to decipher the state of contemporary American society
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<div>"Combustibly funny... Bogosian explodes and crackles like a lit firecracker that just won't quit." - Jan Stewart, <i>New York Newsday</i><br><br>"Sheer virtuosity." - Nancy Franklin, <i>New Yorker</i><br><br><p>In his fifth, brashest solo show, Eric Bogosian again aims scorching social commentary at the contemporary urban and suburban scene. From subway panhandlers to barbecue-crazed millionaires, Bogosian reveals the hidden humor, fear, hypocrisy and rage of Americans - including, for the first time, "Eric Bogosian," a hyperaggressive standup comic. With this seductive element of self-revelation, he heightens the disturbing connections between his characters and, by extension, between us and the people we try not to see - and not to be - every day.</p><p>One of America’s premier performers and most innovative and provocative artists, Eric Bogosian’s plays and solo work include <i>suburbia</i> (Lincoln Center Theater, 1994; adapted to film by director Richard Linklater, 1996); <i>Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll</i>, <i>Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead</i>; <i>Griller</i>; <i>Humpty Dumpty</i>; <i>1+1</i>; <i>Skunkweed</i>; <i>Wake Up and Smell the Coffee</i>; <i>Drinking in America</i>; <i>Notes from Underground</i> and <i>Talk Radio</i> (Pulitzer Prize finalist; New York Shakespeare Festival, 1987; Broadway, 2007; adapted to film by director Oliver Stone, 1988). He has starred in a wide variety of film, TV and stage roles. Most recently, he created the character of Captain Danny Ross on the long-running series <i>Law & Order: Criminal Intent</i>. In 2014, TCG published <i>100 (monologues)</i>, a collection that commemorates thirty years of Bogosian’s solo-performance career.</p><br></div>
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