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In the 2020 documentary Giving Voice, one of Wilson’s longtime collaborators notes that part of the playwright’s evocative power came from his choice in subjects: a garbageman who used to play in the Negro Leagues, a trumpet player who never became famous.
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Across the country in Clark County, Nevada, just after 8 am in the low-ceilinged room at Calvary Red Rock Church just east of the Las Vegas strip, the band onstage was finishing its set, the lights went up, and Pastor Gregg Seymour strode onto stage, dressed as a garbageman.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
The screaming garbageman is always going to get more attention than the one who just goes about his business quietly and effectively.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
Ditko had been freelancing with Marvel for years, and Lee was cooking up an idea for a garbageman superhero from the future.
—Jay Deitcher, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024
Teachers are not garbagemen or accountants, charged with discrete, concrete duties.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
Putting words to the thoughts might have summoned the psychic garbagemen to clear the garbage out of my brain.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
An arriving officer was unable to locate the amateur garbageman.
—John Benson, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2022
Opening on Broadway in 1987, the play ran for more than a year, starring James Earl Jones as her husband, Troy, a bitter garbageman who played Negro League baseball before serving time in prison.
—Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Across the country in Clark County, Nevada, just after 8 am in the low-ceilinged room at Calvary Red Rock Church just east of the Las Vegas strip, the band onstage was finishing its set, the lights went up, and Pastor Gregg Seymour strode onto stage, dressed as a garbageman.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
The screaming garbageman is always going to get more attention than the one who just goes about his business quietly and effectively.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
Ditko had been freelancing with Marvel for years, and Lee was cooking up an idea for a garbageman superhero from the future.
—Jay Deitcher, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024
Teachers are not garbagemen or accountants, charged with discrete, concrete duties.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
Putting words to the thoughts might have summoned the psychic garbagemen to clear the garbage out of my brain.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
An arriving officer was unable to locate the amateur garbageman.
—John Benson, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2022
Opening on Broadway in 1987, the play ran for more than a year, starring James Earl Jones as her husband, Troy, a bitter garbageman who played Negro League baseball before serving time in prison.
—Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022
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“Garbageman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbageman. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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garbageman
noun
gar·bage·man
ˈgär-bij-ˌman 
: a person who collects and hauls away garbage
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