King Lear of the Taxis

Roy March 20th, 2008

This is Davidson Garrett, a NYC Cabbie known as the King Lear of Taxis.
The following video is hard hitting showing the plight of your average driver, with a recital of one of his poems by the man himself, one word Brilliant!

His book; King Lear of the Taxi: Musings of a New York City Actor/Taxi Driver, is available through Amazon

5 Responses to “King Lear of the Taxis”

  1. # Davidson Garretton 20 Mar 2008 at 4:30 pm

    Thanks so much Roy for posting the film. Greetings to my fellow taxi drivers around the globe. I hope the film captures some of our daily plights.
    best wishes,
    Davidson Garrett
    New York City

  2. # Royon 20 Mar 2008 at 4:49 pm

    Cursed be the Bus fumes :-)
    I really like that line

  3. # Andrewon 20 Mar 2008 at 7:25 pm

    Thanks for posting this Roy.

    The film will be aired on BBC Radio soon and in the local press. It will also be screened at the International Film Festival in England & the Portabello Film Fest, London.

    Filming was an experience – whilst the robbery was in progress I sat filming in the back seat – showered with glass. No naff computer cgi special effects here – the real thing! As for laughs – the filming of the man vomiting in the back seat was hard – we did seven takes because I couldn’t stop laughing. He’s a good actor.

    No laughing matter when it’s you’re taxi though I’m sure.

    Stay safe Cabbies and remember that there is someone out there that shares your plight.

    Anyway, I’m off…

    Taxi!

  4. # Luckyon 21 Mar 2008 at 4:09 am

    Thanks for this, I will definitely keep this on my extremely short list of books I NEED to buy.

  5. # Royon 21 Mar 2008 at 5:20 pm

    How cool to have the Narrator/writer AND the director of a video clip I’ve added, comment on the post!
    I’m glad you liked it too Lucky

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