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Caravan of Dreams Theater Collected Works, Volume 2: Billy the Kid, Metal Woman, Tin Can Man
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Caravan of Dreams Theater Collected Works, Volume 2: Billy the Kid, Metal Woman, Tin Can Man
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Caravan of Dreams Theater Collected Works, Volume 2: Billy the Kid, Metal Woman, Tin Can Man
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In contrast with the first volume, the second is devoted to new mythologies and social forces. The included plays explore three American archetypal pursuits of happiness: the glory of the lone individual, the glamour of Hollywood and the magic lure of Space.
The folk hero
defies the controls of a stagnant order- and the system strikes back, predictably, until a modern day ‘Billy’ cuts up and renews the myth so the hero can live to fight another day.
The America of Hollywood and glamour, illusion and image runs head-on into the America of idealist seekers after freedom and significance in the comedy of
. Can everyone get what they want? In America–maybe!
The
shakes, rattles and rolls searching every dead-end alley and winds up on the threshold of the post-nihilist space age, disillusioned with every tried prescription for meaning, looking for the new frontier in which to “build a world closer to our hearts’ desire”.