{"id":9345,"date":"2023-01-28T16:01:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T21:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/?p=9345"},"modified":"2023-10-02T15:27:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T19:27:36","slug":"raymond-j-barry-offers-master-class-in-new-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/raymond-j-barry-offers-master-class-in-new-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Raymond Barry Offers “Master Class” in New Memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As a child growing up in the 1980s and fascinated by Asian culture, viewing the film, Year of the Dragon<\/strong><\/em>, starring Mickey Rourke<\/strong> was a visceral experience. I saw the film three times during its opening week. The film co-stars Raymond J. Barry<\/strong> as Louis Bukowski, the longtime friend and law enforcement superior to Mickey Rourke\u2019s Stanley White. Their relationship, aside from being professional, depicts an intensely loving and contentious friendship. I loved both Barry\u2019s performance and the film itself for its exemplary level of intensity and rawness.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n My favorite scene takes place in a bar they habitually frequent. Barry\u2019s Bukowski reads Rourke\u2019s White the riot act. As Detective White leaves in a huff, Detective Bukowski calls to him, \u201cTake care of yourself. If you need anything, call me!\u201d His statement is a heartfelt touch that describes unequivocal affection between two men, bound at the hip both professionally and emotionally. From what I know about this man, indeed, Raymond J. Barry does have an abundance of so-called \u2018heart\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Barry is a workhorse of an artist, known for his immense body of creative roles both on screen, as well as on New York, European and Near Eastern stages. Between 1964 and 2021, he\u2019s garnered an impressive 128 film and television credits alone, not to overlook hundreds of stage performances throughout the globe. After performing The Brig<\/strong> with the notorious Living Theater<\/strong>, he collaborated in the creation of the Open Theater<\/strong> productions of The Serpent, Mutation Show, Masques, Endgam<\/em>e<\/strong>, and Nightwalk<\/strong><\/em>, and performed those plays in the following countries: Iran at the Shiraz Festival, Algeria, Germany at Academy der Kuntz, London at the Roundhouse Theater, Paris, Switzerland, Denmark, Canada and all the major cities in Italy, as well as throughout the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n He went on to perform in more than 80 productions in New York, from Broadway to Off Broadway, including the Tony nominated musical Happy<\/strong> End<\/em> by Kurt Weil and Bertolt Brecht. For his work in theater, he received a Drama-Logue Award<\/strong> for his lead performances in Sam, Shepard\u2019s Buried<\/em> Child<\/strong>. He also received a Drama-Logue Award<\/strong> and the LA Drama Critics Award<\/strong> for Writing and Best Actor, for his play Once in Doubt<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n