David Mamet

A Challenge Within A Challenge…Part 3: Television — This Is Not Clickbait! Russian Doll is the show I wanted to write about but it doesn’t qualify. It’s not underrated and doesn’t need humble old me to promote it. There are two seasons released as of now, and they have been well received. Russian Doll and Natasha Lyonne have received multiple accolades, nominations…

“Why?” asks Shelly Levene his office manager, when the latter is about to ruin Levene’s real estate career. “Because I don’t like you,” replies John Williamson, concluding the final dialogue in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). …

The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch David Mamet is a good writer. That is not to say that he is a brilliant writer. I think not. Although, his plays might be considered so. Who can doubt the brilliance of Glengarry Glen Ross or The Verdict or Wag the Dog. However, these little essays of three or…

Then You’re A Bleeping Moron The last few months David Mamet, one of the greatest writers in the history of theater and film, has been making the rounds for some, shall we say, controversial comments he’s been making about politics and sexuality. I won’t repeat them, because most of you…

The Duck Variations is a 1972 play by American playwright David Mamet. The play depicts a discussion taking place between two elderly men sitting on a park bench watching ducks. The dialogue begins with the mating habits of ducks and runs to examine law, friendship and death. The principal irony…

David Mamet: Teachers are “sexual predators … inclined to pedophilia” — Pulitzer-prize winner David Mamet explained to Mark Levin on the Fox News show, “Life, Liberty, and Levin,” why schools shouldn’t teach kids about sexual orientation and gender identity. When you hear his explanation, you can’t imagine why anyone would oppose banning such discussions. According to Mamet, the teachers are sexual…

With The Untouchables, director Brian De Palma and writer David Mamet produced an entertaining crime drama that boosted a charismatic cast, an engaging story and a well-structured script. …

Every fear hides a wish. | David Mamet, Edmond

Like most, if not all, movies about con artists, David Mamet’s directorial debut, House of Games, now available from the Criterion Collection, is itself a con-job. If you go in with your defenses up, it won’t be too hard to spot the major gambits that are going to get deployed…