American Buffalo
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American Buffalo is a critically acclaimed 1975 play by David Mamet that explores greed, loyalty, and betrayal among small-time crooks in a Chicago junk shop.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American Buffalo canonical | 6 |
| American Buffalo (1996 film) | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
ⓘ
stage work ⓘ |
| adaptedTo | film ⓘ |
| author | David Mamet ⓘ |
| centralConflict | plan to steal back a valuable coin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1975 ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | single-set play ⓘ |
| firstProductionYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| genre |
American theatre
ⓘ
crime drama ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
American Buffalo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
American Buffalo (1996 film)
|
| hasCharacter |
Bobby
ⓘ
Donny Dubrow ⓘ Teach ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | small-time criminals ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
friendship under pressure
ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
betrayal
ⓘ
greed ⓘ loyalty ⓘ |
| movement |
Realism
ⓘ
surface form:
American realism
|
| notableFeature | use of profane, colloquial dialogue ⓘ |
| notableProduction | Broadway production ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage ⓘ |
| partOf | contemporary American theatre canon ⓘ |
| placeOfPremiere |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| premiereLocation | Chicago ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Chicago
ⓘ
junk shop ⓘ |
| settingType | interior ⓘ |
| style |
minimalist setting
ⓘ
naturalistic dialogue ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American capitalism
ⓘ
small-time crooks ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1970s ⓘ |
| writer | David Mamet ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1975 ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
American Buffalo (1996 film)