He often used popular culture to mark the turning points in his work; in one, a mother's breaking of a treasured collection of jazz records is viewed as a breaking point for the Bergers, who also talk heavily about the Brooklyn Dodgers. Prior to his premature death, he gave up drama to go to Hollywood, where he wrote the screenplays to Wild in the Country and the story of a newspaperman run amok i
He often used popular culture to mark the turning points in his work; in one, a mother's breaking of a treasured collection of jazz records is viewed as a breaking point for the Bergers, who also talk heavily about the Brooklyn Dodgers. Prior to his premature death, he gave up drama to go to Hollywood, where he wrote the screenplays to Wild in the Country and the story of a newspaperman run amok in The Sweet Smell of Success. For 10 points, name this playwright of "Awake and Sing!" who told of a striking taxi company and a man who falls into a boxing career in Waiting for Lefty and Golden Boy.
He often used popular culture to mark the turning points in his work; in one, a mother's breaking of a treasured collection of jazz records is viewed as a breaking point for the Bergers, who also talk heavily about the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Clifford {Odets}