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True West (Theatre)
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True West is a 1980 play by Sam Shepard and the third (and final) part of his anthological "Family Trilogy" plays. The play has been performed numerous times, often with great success, and has been broadcast on TV twice: once fully adapted to TV in 1984, based on the 1982 revival and starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise; and once in its stage-play form in 2002 starring Bruce Willis and Chad Smith.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The story concerns two brothers: Lee, the aggressive and manipulative elder brother who has spent years alone in the desert and makes his living through petty thievery; and Austin, a struggling screenwriter who seems to have spent most of his life attempting to reign in his brother. With their mother away in Alaska (and their father having long since abandoned the family), and not having seen each other in five years, the brothers reconnect and attempt to write a script for a western together...all while having to try to avoid killing each other. | |
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Break the Cutie | |
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Break the Cutie: The play itself seems to be one long one for Austin. | |
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The Alcoholic | |
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The Alcoholic: Lee is rarely without an alcoholic beverage nearby. He can handle it much better than Austin can, though... Their father is also stated to be this too. | |
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Broken Pedestal | |
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Broken Pedestal: It's very subtle but it's implied that a lot of Austin's resentment and anger towards Lee comes from Lee effectively turning into this. | |
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Asshole Victim | |
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Asshole Victim: Lee. | |
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Abusive Parents | |
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Abusive Parents: It may not necessarily cross the line into "abusive" (since all we know for sure is that he ran off to the desert when the brothers were children) but Austin certainly shows hints of regarding his and Lee's father as this. | |
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| True West (Theatre) / int_bc74ef27 | type |
Berserk Button | |
| True West (Theatre) / int_bc74ef27 | comment |
Berserk Button: Austin's appears to be broken promises. Lee has too many to count (see Hair-Trigger Temper below). | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: "Nice" relative to his brother, at least, but when Austin snaps, he snaps. | |
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