McDonagh shuns gratuitous violence, and his work is far from the standard fare of the good guys against the bad guys. McDonagh has continued in that vein with his film work, including Seven Psychopaths and In Bruges, and now in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. It was palpable, grotesque, and incredibly affecting.
I first encountered Martin McDonagh’s work from just outside the blood “splash zone.” In this 2002 production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore, audience members near the stage were given ponchos to avoid getting blood on their clothes, but the smell permeated the air while actors trudged through the fake blood that coated the floor. Figure 1: Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) stands alone, unable to convince the ineffectual police department to help her find closure regarding her daughter’s murder in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
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