David Mamet roasts Weinstein and liberalism in latest play

[LittleLebowski]

I love this guy.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/50430/mahon-mamet-speaks-bitter-truth-new-play-andrew-mahon

[donlapalma]

This makes me like his guy even more. I'd love to see it. Fat chance of it coming here though. We'll see.

[SAWBONES]

Good on David Mamet.

BTW, I loved Spartan (https://amzn.to/2yQIVjN).

[Gun Mutt]

I've thoroughly enjoyed every Mamet film I've ever seen, could not get through his novel, Chicago, though.

[Balisong]

Good on David Mamet.

BTW, I loved Spartan (https://amzn.to/2yQIVjN).

I didn't realize that was a Mamet movie, but I thought it was very good, especially for a straight to video. I need to see Red Belt again now that I'm a new BJJ practitioner.

This play sounds interesting too, I'm going to have to look up what else he's done. I believe he directed some episodes of The Shield, which is my all time favorite tv show.

[Gun Mutt]

...I'm going to have to look up what else he's done...

Mamet's IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000519/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1).

[Maple Syrup Actual]

I love his writing. Somewhere I have a description of a writing class he taught in which he challenges the class to write a scene which shows that someone is an eager, motivated student.

The class offers all kinds of suggestions of scenes about the person arriving early and showing that with their alarm clock and the empty streets and getting a janitor to unlock the room and all of the stuff they bring and Mamet cuts it down to a two-second shot of a person trying a doorhandle which is locked, then sitting at the table alone with their pen in hand. Parsimony, parsimony, parsimony. His writing is so stripped and spare...some of my very favourite.

[blues]

His writing is so stripped and spare...some of my very favourite.

"The Spanish Prisoner" is a good example of that leanness of style.

[NickA]

I think I've seen Mamet quoted as saying (paraphrasing) "Write it, then cut it in half. Then cut it in half again."
Plus he trains BJJ with Al Bundy. What's not to like?

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[Maple Syrup Actual]

"The Spanish Prisoner" is a good example of that leanness of style.

I will definitely check that out.