tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post8721510143921582956..comments2024-03-28T00:18:42.009-04:00Comments on The Wicked Stage: Maverick LaughsRob Weinert-Kendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015688507553252146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-48532186785062449372008-10-23T12:09:00.000-04:002008-10-23T12:09:00.000-04:00It's in the original version of the play--three ti...It's in the original version of the play--three times.<BR/><BR/>I don't think this has aged as well as Glengarry Glen Ross, by a long shot, maybe because Mamet is just more comfortable when he's writing for men than when he's writing for the ladies. Or his weird idea of what ladies say, anyway. Mamet's rage at the relentless commerce of the movie biz now seems kind of quaint.<BR/><BR/>But Raul was having tons of fun, you could tell. And the audience loved him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-88137117968540733342008-10-23T10:49:00.000-04:002008-10-23T10:49:00.000-04:00But tell me how you really feel, Isaac. Seriously,...But tell me how you really feel, Isaac. Seriously, are you making a reference to the play's repeated, almost obsessive use of "whore"? And yes, I hated that dimwit Voice essay, too.Rob Weinert-Kendthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015688507553252146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-24701439290906639072008-10-23T10:37:00.000-04:002008-10-23T10:37:00.000-04:00mamet wouldn't slot in such a cheap anti-republica...mamet wouldn't slot in such a cheap <I>anti-republican</I> line at the last minute. he's pretty openly a whore, artistically speaking, but he's now a reactionary right wing whore.isaac butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815094790605298884noreply@blogger.com