Babylon Heights: A Play
by Irvine Welsh, Dean Cavanagh
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Author: Dean Cavanagh, Irvine WelshEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-06-30
ISBN: 0393329860
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: W. W. Norton
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Book Review: Irvine Welsh's play...
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a play by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh. If you enjoy Irvine Welsh, you'll like this play. It's a twisted tale of the "Wizard of Oz" munchkins, behind the scenes. It revolves around a few actors (little people) who room together during the filming of the movie. One is an angry opium-smoker. Another is a timid young man, and there is also a woman. We read of their interactions, dialogues, and opinions of things like the films production,and much, much more.
Summary of Babylon Heights: A Play
If you put four dwarfs in a room with enough opium and alcohol, it's bound to end in tears.In 1935, MGM studios embarked on a movie adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The production called for the casting of many dwarfs to play the Munchkins of the mythical Land of Oz, and the studio began recruiting 'small persons' from all over the world.
During production, rumors spread around Hollywood of wild Munchkin sex orgies, drunken behavior and general dwarf debauchery. More sinisterly, a Munchkin is said to have committed suicide by hanging himself on the set during filming-what appears to be a small human body is clearly visible hanging from a tree in the Tin Man scene. It is a claim that has passed into Hollywood legend.
Set in a hotel room in Culver City, California, Babylon Heights is Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh's scabrous and hilarious imaging of what could, very possibly, have led to the dwarf suicide.
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