The Indian Wants the Bronx (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Israel Horovitz
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Plot: Absurdist; Theater of Cruelty
- Time of Work: The 1960’s
- Setting: A Fifth Avenue bus stop in New York City
- Principal Characters: Gupta, Murph, Joey
- Genres: Drama, Absurdist literature, Cruelty, Theater of
- Subjects: Teenagers, New York City, Ethnic groups, Immigration or emigration, Violence, Minorities, India or East Indian people, English language, Machismo, Juvenile delinquency, Peer pressure
- Locales: New York, NY
The Play
The Indian Wants the Bronx is a one-act play that opens with a bewildered East Indian, who speaks no English, attempting to negotiate the complexities of an American urban setting. As he attempts to decode the unfamiliar landscape and find his way to his son’s Bronx apartment, two young street toughs, who epitomize self-absorbed ignorance, arrive on the scene and begin to taunt him. They enter singing a song that depicts the world as a lonely and indifferent place. As the play progresses, it becomes clear that they come from unstable families and have a social...
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