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In the Eyes of God
In the Eyes of God
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Author: Raul Sanchez Inglis Publisher: Talonbooks (cover image may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 144 Pub. Date: 2007 ISBN-10: 0889225613 ISBN-13: 9780889225619 Cast Size: 3 female, 4 male
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About
the Play:
In the Eyes of God is a full-length drama by Raul
Sanchez Inglis. A dark, hilarious look at the world of L.A.
talent agencies that remake the stars and tabloid personalities out
of the willing clay of their own flesh. The greed, avarice, and
banality laid bare as these Hollywood hucksters scrap, claw and
backstab their way to the top of the dog pile would be horrifying if
it weren't so funny. Willing to do literally anything to get ahead or
maintain an edge, these folks make Wall Street's Gordon Gecko ("Greed
is good!") seem like an altruist.
In the Eyes of God is about two
Hollywood talent agencies who scrap like hungry dogs over hot
new scripts and promising screenwriters. Originally
conceived as a play about car salesmen, it wasn't until Raul
Sanchez Inglis went
to Hollywood on a business trip that he found a setting true to his
vision of sales as the ultimate cash machine. Two
top-dog agents go for the jugular and other private parts to
sign the "promising" young screenwriter Edward Foster, yet
nowhere throughout the play is the title, much less the subject of
his script, ever mentioned. Sure, "important people are reading
your script", he is told. Yeah, right. But only as a vehicle to
reposition themselves at the trough of the Hollywood star machine.
That's because concern about content, product and people is always an
impediment to the efficient maximization of any sales campaign. What
is being fought over in this survival-of-the-cruellest business
culture is the promise of a dream – a dream of riches, fame,
success and public adulation everyone is willing to pay for, to offer
their bodies for, to sacrifice their loved ones for, to die for. If
the corporate hedonism of America that gave us the vicious sleaze of
Hollywood is reflected in the eyes of God, then those eyes are made,
as we might have suspected, of celluloid. "There's no business
like show business," and if you ever had any doubt about that,
In the Eyes of God by Raul Sanchez Inglis will bring
you back to your senses.
In the Eyes of God premiered in 2004 at the Beaumont
Studios in Vancouver featuring a cast of local TV and film actors. It
was greeted with standing ovations and remounted in 2005.
Cast: 3 female, 4 male
What people say:
"[This] terrific play is one
of the most vicious exposes of Hollywood venality, misogyny and the
social Darwinism that drives the star-making machinery that you'll
ever see. It's hard to imagine how anyone could put an original spin
on this material, but Inglis's writing is so sharp, funny and
horrific that it never feels overly familiar." — Vancouver
Province
"Chock-full of taut scenes and
tough, funny dialogue." — The Georgia
Straight (Vancouver)
"This is David Mamet
territory: the clipped and jagged dialogue, the breakneck pacing, the
verbal knives flashing." — Vancouver Courier
About the Playwright:
Raul Sanchez Inglis is a Canadian playwright and
screenwriter. Born in Mexico City, he commenced his career in theatre
and film as an actor. He's written for TV shows in Canada and the
U.S.
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