Abstract

Angel City (1976) represents a culmination of the first decade of Sam Shepard's work. It bears the unmistakable stamp of Shepard the avant-gardist with its surreal dream structure, its creative transformations of character, and its collage construction. It exhibits Shepard's inventive engagement with popular culture, which he had developed and perfected in plays like Mad Dog Blues and The Tooth of Crime. And it brings to fruition Shepard's bizarre sense of humor with its satiric attack on Hollywood.

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