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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

DramaPlays
Pages
57
Published
2002
Language
English

Synopsis

Eric Bogosian delivers a blistering and humorous monologue, meditating on the journey to success, the inevitable fall, and the thrill of ultimate failure. He offers a sharp, dead-on critique of the chaos and alienation prevalent in post-modern American life. Bogosian observes the downtrodden and ridicules the arrogant, all while acknowledging his own capacity for human flaws.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

SatiricalThought-ProvokingIntellectualFunny
Morally Grey

Genres

Drama Plays Sociology

About the author

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Eric Bogosian

Eric Bogosian is best known for writing and starring in the play and the film adaptation of that play, Talk Radio (NYSF – 1987). For this work he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and received the Berlin Film Festival “Silver Bear Award.” He is also well known for his six solo performances Off-Broadway (Men Inside, FunHouse, Drinking in America, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead, Wake Up and Smell The Coffee) between 1980 and 2000, for which he received three Obie...

Characters

Eric BogosianProtagonist
All characters in Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

Frequently asked questions

  • Is "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee" a play or a book?

    This work originated as a one-man show performed by Eric Bogosian, and the published version is the script of that monologue. It is designed to be read as a performance piece.

  • How does this book relate to Eric Bogosian's other monologues?

    This monologue continues Bogosian's signature style of social commentary and character studies, similar to his earlier works like "Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll." It further explores themes of American disillusionment and the absurdities of modern life through a single, evolving narrative voice.