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Dry Lips Oughta Move To Kapuskasing
"Nominee, Governor General's Literary Award for Drama" "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing" tells another story of the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve, also the setting for Tomson Highway's award winning play The Rez Sisters. Wherein The Rez Sisters the focus was on seven "Wasy" women and the game of bingo, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing features seven "Wasy...more
Paperback, 136 pages
Published
October 1st 1989
by Fitzhenry & Whiteside
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"Liked" is not really the right word for this play. I didn't enjoy it -- it is extremely disturbing and depressing at points -- but it is authentic and well-written. The play raises a lot of issues about reservation life and the situation of many First Nations communities in Canada, which is an important goal even if it doesn't make for comfortable theatre. I will also point out that I read the script and haven't seen it live, which is probably for the best given the aforementioned disturbing bi...more
Highway's play is rich with meaning, but not the kind that can be boiled down to a few sentences. His deft portrayal of a First Nations community is at turns hilarious, searing, and unbearably tragic. The brutal violence of the play's most explicit incident had me reeling numbly for a while - but then I saw that there is much subtle brutality to be found throughout the play. There is also hope, and an incredible sense of time and place and making what can be made of both. An engaging, flowing re...more
1.5 Stars.
Gah I just dunno where to start to be honest. It had its "moments" to put it nicely. Makes me worried if this is the full extent of Canadian plays. Not that its terribly horrible. Just too much with regards to several things: like the language. Plus I think it had too much going on at once that it killed it (for me at least). I just dunno anymore. I skimmed the last bit. But from the first couple bits of dialogue I was going oooh boy, here we go again on another mindfudge trip. :/
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Gah I just dunno where to start to be honest. It had its "moments" to put it nicely. Makes me worried if this is the full extent of Canadian plays. Not that its terribly horrible. Just too much with regards to several things: like the language. Plus I think it had too much going on at once that it killed it (for me at least). I just dunno anymore. I skimmed the last bit. But from the first couple bits of dialogue I was going oooh boy, here we go again on another mindfudge trip. :/
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Having read Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen, I got a taste of his writing style...like the novel, he is obsessed with the Trickster, a mythical entity embodied by several characters throughout the play. The story is dream-like, chaotic and without order. I picked up on the symbolism but to be honest most of the time I have no idea what the heck is going on. There is too much going on, in fact. I kept wishing for some coherence. I couldn't follow the characters really well, either. It was just en...more
Tomson Highway is an important playwright. These stories were difficult for me to read, both because of the harsh depiction of life on first nations reservations and because of the dialogue format of play scripts. But it's one of the least-romanticized views of modern aboriginal life in Canada.
This was assigned reading for a Sports Literature class; that being said I found it to be a very interesting and authentic read. It was certainly disturbing at times, and very sad, but also very real.
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A lot of events crammed into a short play. Graphic, misogynistic, representative?
Short, deep, comic, depressing, thought provoking. Worthwhile, but somewhat disturbing.
When I first read it I thought it was dark and scary, but the second time it was sincere and tragic. It's a must read if one is interested in Canadian Playwrights and Lit. TW: The is violence and rape. Please read carefully.
Legitimately the worst thing I've ever had to read for school.
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Weird mixture of comedy and disturbing realism. I read it to try to pick a short Canadian play for my intro English course this summer. While it provides a lot to talk about, I don't think I'll be going with it.
overdone.
Amazing!!!!!
just fantastic. set in my area of the world and most of the details are a little too accurate.
Loved it. Funny and Emotional, but so worth the read. Read the Rez Sisters too!
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In the six decades since he was born in a tent in the bush of northernmost Manitoba, Tomson Highway has traveled many paths and been called by many names. Residential school survivor, classical pianist, social worker and, since the 1980s, playwright, librettist, novelist and children's author.
He is fluent in French, English and his native Cree. In 1994 he was invested as a Member of the Order of...more
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