Word: lookin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...jingles tell Americans they're lookin 'good...
Disintegration in the celebrity spotlight is the theme of a modest, moving piece, Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave. Williams, the country singer responsible for such hits as Your Cheatin' Heart, Jambalaya, Half as Much and Hey, Good Lookin', was a prototype of the doomed, dark star: drink and drugs sent him on an inevitable trajectory to death at 29 in 1953. Maynard Collins' play is conceived as Williams' last concert, in which he performs 22 of his songs while telling his version of an entertainer's life and self-inflicted hard times...
...vast differences between the first and second acts epitomize the disjunctive nature of the show. Attempting to find "safety in numbers," the first act concentrates on basic, mundane gripes which the large number of people on stage repeatedly complain about, eventually overwhelming the audience. Most of the songs, especially "Lookin' Over From Your Side" and "Time Brings About a Change," utilize a song structure better suited to T.V. shows like "Laugh-In" where the chorus of the song comes to a sudden, stop and one of the people on stage tells a trite little anecdote...
...lookin' to sell it," Waits grins. "Know anyone who's interested...