tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post1888507966023998898..comments2024-03-29T03:39:42.411-04:00Comments on The Wicked Stage: The Mamet Q&A: The Customer Isn't Always RightRob Weinert-Kendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015688507553252146noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-22605498117019286152013-05-22T11:56:02.838-04:002013-05-22T11:56:02.838-04:00Mr. Mamet has defined himself as a professional De...Mr. Mamet has defined himself as a professional Devil's advocate. Whether it's his right-wing views on Israel, his racism, or his woman-bashing, Mamet never feels at home floating down the river. He's always swimming upstream like a salmon in rutting season. I will acknowledge that his dialog is snappy, but his plays and his screenplays are devoid of people one cares about. His direction likewise generates plays that are more about ideas than people. If you like being in a sterile lab late at night, you might like his work, his characters, his opinions. But like the late-night lab, it just gives me the creeps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com