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5.0 out of 5 stars
A comic theatrical fugue on identity, Philip K Dick and God.,
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This review is from: Pigspurt: Or Six Pigs from Happiness (Modern Plays) (Paperback)
The performance text, more or less, with a few footnotes and entertaining illustrations of Ken Campbell's award winning comic monologue Pigspurt or Six Pigs from Happiness. A wealth of inventive storytelling most of which is autobiographical at root if not in full flower. A complexly structured but deceptively accessible associative rap encompassing Gnostic thought, theatrical anecdote, sexual role playing, an exploration of anima and animus and shadow, Philip K Dick's later work, conspiracy theory, the customs of Vanuatu, the comedy of Ken Dodd and much else besides. A funny, funny book with a few pointers to further thought. The illustrations also mean its quite fun to flick through.There aren't really any other books much like this I can think of but works in peripherally similar veins include; The BFI casebook on the Exorcist by Mark Kermode VALIS, The Divine Invasion, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K Dick, In search of VALIS by Laurence Sutin, An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley, Why is John Lennon wearing a skirt? by Claire Dowie Swimming to Cambodia by Spalding Gray Laughter in the Air by Barry Took |
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Pigspurt: Or Six Pigs from Happiness (Modern Plays) by Ken Campbell (Paperback - Jan. 1995)
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