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A good knife, said Aristotle, is one that cuts.
So, are the performances good?
Is the production good?
Oh, certainly it holds up Mamets 1975 text like a coin, making it wink in the light.
There, now, there you have me.
Don has a long, long fuse, but the neighborhood knucklehead wants to light it.
As the plays impish fire-starter, Rockwells over-caffeinated Teach cannot keep his hands off the merchandise.
Teach elbows Bob out of the deal, and then the comic mayhem gets underway.
For all the foul language and brandished weapons, were in the land of classic comedy here.
The choice has seemed stranger and stranger, though, as the last few years have unfolded.
And who are we to deny them?
Judged as a showcase,American Buffaloworks beautifully.
Rockwell has exactly the right tools to crack the Mamet safe.
But theres a world outside Dons junk shop, and plays arent only showcases.
Whenever I could lose myself in the dusty aisles with these violent buffoons, I could forget that.
Im only telling you I couldnt.
Out in the lobby of the Circle in the Square, there is a rather sad-looking taxidermied buffalo.
American Buffalois at Circle in the Square.
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