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re: Last Ship last night

Posted by:	WaymanWong 08:59 pm EST 01/17/15
In reply to:	re: Last Ship last night - Delvino 07:25 pm EST 01/17/15

Here's my take on Brian Yorkey and John Logan's book: It's a fable. In October, Rob Weinert-Kendt wrote a story about ''The Last Ship'' and acknowledged that it's ''more allegory than autobiography'' for Sting: ''His initial inspiration, he said, was a 2009 article in The New York Times about unemployed and homeless former shipbuilders in Poland who, encouraged by the priest who ran their shelter, are building a ship on their own in an abandoned tractor factory. ''He also cited as a precedent the seminal “work-in” led by Jimmy Reid in Glasgow in 1971 and ’72, in which shipbuilders resisted the government’s plan to shut down their shipyard by occupying it and continuing work at full steam for nine months.'' Yorkey and Logan have taken a lotta knocks, but that was the framework they were given for Sting's soaring songs. And I love how the father-son conflict, the romance and shipyard workers' plight intertwine and all play out.
Link	Sting introduces ''When We Dance'' with Esper, Tucker and Lazar

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