Rambo Onstage, Sort Of
March 24, 2009 at 12:29 pm Chas Brua 1 comment
Yesterday’s New York Times theatre section reviewed a show called Rambo Solo, a send-up of an obsessed fan of the novel First Blood. That book, which eventually led to Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo movies, was written by David Morrell ’67 MA, ’70 PhD Lib.
The review is generally favorable about the show, staged by Nature Theater of Oklahoma, although a bit snarky about Morrell’s novel.
Chas Brua, contributing editor
Entry filed under: Famous Penn Staters, Penn State alumni, The Penn Stater magazine. Tags: David Morrell, First Blood, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, obsessed fans, Rambo, Sylvester Stallone.
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1. R Thomas Berner | March 25, 2009 at 1:03 pm
There’s also the reference to Morrell as “relatively obscure,” which comes as news to the readers of his novels who probably don’t know who Isherwood the reviewer is.
BTW, I agree with the premise of the performance–that Morrell’s novel is better than Stallone’s movie.