Reviews for Food for Fish

The average rating for Food for Fish based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-12-16 00:00:00 Jose Torres December of Drama 2015, day sixteen "You sit and smile simply, Saying your garden, your flat And your life are complete. I want it simple like that. I want it simple like that. I want your life, I want your garden, I want your flat." --Filler Is Wasted, by Snowden Wow, not a lot of reviews or ratings for this one. And here I thought it was one of the more popular Shepard plays, what with the movie adapted from it and all. Well, it's a little too murky. The plot, oddly enough, made it seem like Shepard was trying to emulate David Mamet or something. I'm still upset that I missed the revival here in Chicago starring Michael Shannon, however. All the lies and betrayals are revealed in a breezy, unemphatic way, and there are a lot of strangely comic lines that only serve to undercut the menace. I can see why so many people felt ambivalent about this play-- because it's ambivalent, too. The main characters, Vinnie and Carter, nearly pulled off some scam once upon a time where they swapped racehorses, and by the end of the play Carter wants to swap lives with Vinnie. Carter stole his Buick, stole his girl... he drinks his bourbon, usurps his bed... I think this was all more clever than meaningful. On a side note, Sam Shepard has written over 45 plays? Judas Priest! I could've devoted my entire December to reading his stuff and would still have 14 to go.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-06-13 00:00:00 Steve Persons متاسفانه هرگز هیچ نمایش نامه ای از شپارد را روی صحنه ندیده ام. دیدن فیلم نوشته هایش در سینما، مرا برای دیدن نمایش نامه هایش بر روی صحنه مشتاق تر می کند. Reading what so ever written by Shepard means going through a shortened social history of America after ww II, and up till the end of 20.century. Plots are so simple and dialogues are not very much sophisticated. Maybe some of works by Shepard are not as interesting as the others, but for those whom are interested in sociology, and drama as writing-art, will enjoy reading or watching works by Shepard. Reading simple and plain plays by Shepard gives you dare to sit and write about whatsoever plot you have in your mind. Many of his plays are so easy, but honest, fluent and great as well. After watching Paris, Texas by Wenders, I believe Wenders shots matches with Shepard's atmosphere and dialogues. "Few American playwrights have exerted as much influence on the contemporary stage as Sam Shepard. His plays are performed on and off Broadway and in all the major regional American theatres. They are also widely performed and studied in Europe, finding both a popular and a scholarly audience" . با وجودی که سام شپارد، موضوعاتی گاه پیش پا افتاده را با زبانی ساده و در عین حال بصورتی حیرت انگیز طرح می کند، نمی دانم چرا تا کنون به فارسی برگردانده نشده اند، یا احتمالن من ندیده ام. خواندن شپارد اگر هیچ نباشد، دست کم درس بزرگی ست برای آنها که می خواهند بنویسند، و آنها که سال هاست می نویسند اما آن چنان سنگین که انگار "وزنه برداری" می کنند! آثار سام شپارد به نمایش نامه ها و داستان های کوتاهش محدود نمی شوند. او در زمینه ی موسیقی جاز و پاپ هم کار کرده و برخی از سروده هایش برای خوانندگان صاحب نام، مشهور است. سام شپارد بازیگر سینما و تیاتر هم هست و در برخی از فیلم ها همچون "فرانسیس" یا "دیگه نیا دم در" (ویم وندرس) با همسرش "جسیکا لنگ" همبازی بوده است. سام شپارد هم چنین نقد تیاتر و سینما هم می نویسد و برخی از نقدهایش در مجلات مشهور انگلیسی زبان منتشر می شوند.