Described by Sam Shepard as 'a take-off on Republican fascism', this uncompromising black comedy is centred on Frank and Emma - American dairy farmers - who are alone in the Mid-West. But their rural calm is shattered when they find a mysterious man hiding in their basement and a government official knocking at their door. This description may be from another edition of this product.
This play by renowned playright Sam Shepard was entertaining enough. However, it's anti-war political agenda was too obvious and not enough to vault this play to a lasting level of literary greatness. All that aside though, the storyline carries the reader/viewer along and reads fast enough that it might be worth picking up. -- Reviewed by Jonathan Stephens
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While it cannot compare with Shepard's other works, i.e. 'Buried Child' or 'True West', it is still a great play. I picked it up one evening and simply couldn't put it down. A dark comedy that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I am a republican and do not agree with the ties this play makes with the Bush Adminstration, but I think this play is about the dangers of an ill-informed public and abused power, even though...
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I am now feeling very thankful for the existence of Sam Shepard. Here is someone aware and in touch with the current state of American pseudo-Patriotism, and it's appropriation of the essentials of American "values." Frank and Emma are Wisconsin farmers, raising cattle all alone in the Heartland. Though Frank has taken in an old friend, Haynes and let him stay in the basement. After Haynes arrives, Welch shortly appears,...
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I liked the play so much, I talked a producer into making it happen on stage at the Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas. We're having a lot of fun in rehearsals with THE GOD OF HELL! But be warned, this play is NOT suited for everybody's taste!!!
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