{"product_id":"wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee-paperback","title":"Wake Up and Smell the Coffee - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Bogosian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis wit is as venomous as ever, his material even more devastating and polished than before.--\u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBogosian hasn't simply crossed the line of good taste, he has snorted it.--\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Texan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No, Bogosian isn't angry. He's furious, and perplexed, and neurotic, and brilliant as ever.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWake Up\u003c\/i\u003e is Bogosian's meditation on making it to the top of the ladder, on falling off the ladder and on the exhilarating thrill of the ultimate crash and burn. Once again the author offers a blisteringly funny and dead-on take of the chaos and alienation of post-modern life in the U. S. of the year 2000. As Michael Feingold so ably offered in his \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e review--Bogosian is there, watching out for the downtrodden, ridiculing the arrogant rich, defending battered wives and neo-hippie hitchhikers and never losing sight of his own capacity for being classed among the batters and bullies. But his 95 minutes is as fast and exciting a read as the theatre community offers. In our time, the stage has almost been what classical thinkers saw it as, a medium for criticizing life. How perfect that a solo performer should rediscover its roots, by choosing his own life as the object of his criticism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of America's premier performers and most innovative and provocative artists, Eric Bogosian's plays and solo shows include \u003ci\u003eTalk Radio\u003c\/i\u003e (Pulitzer Prize finalist); \u003ci\u003esubUrbia\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSex, Drugs, Rock \u0026amp; Roll\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others. He has starred in a wide variety of film, TV and stage roles. Most recently, he created the character Captain Danny Ross on the long-running series \u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Order: Criminal Intent\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003e100\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of monologues, commemorating thirty years of Bogosian's solo-performance career, was published by TCG in 2014.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Bogosian is the OBIE-award winning writer and performer of Sex, Drugs, Rock \u0026amp; Roll, and Drinking in America, as well as his plays Suburbia and Talk Radio, both made into major motion pictures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 7.98 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771596472608,"sku":"9781559362023","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/42b28983f921f5fa19f8c7983849e5a9.webp?v=1780389135","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}