From 2013: Jason Reitman’s All-Female Live Read of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Transcends Gender With Brilliant Performances
David Mamet, gender realist? Or an egalitarian libertarian? Did the women give the impression of being strong or bossy?
Showing posts with label David Mamet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Mamet. Show all posts
Saturday, May 02, 2015
Friday, May 01, 2015
What Happened with The Unit
Found this via a comment at VP: A Letter from David Mamet to the Writers of The Unit
The show could have been much better -- how much of it was due to DH's questionable acting schools as Jonas Blaine? Still, it is probably the case that the writing for the show was rather bad, and the fact that 1/2 of the show focused on drama involving the housewives probably compounded this. That the scripting was a problem would explain why Mamet's Spartan, a movie focused on Delta Operators, was better entertainment despite the greater "realism" of The Unit.
The show could have been much better -- how much of it was due to DH's questionable acting schools as Jonas Blaine? Still, it is probably the case that the writing for the show was rather bad, and the fact that 1/2 of the show focused on drama involving the housewives probably compounded this. That the scripting was a problem would explain why Mamet's Spartan, a movie focused on Delta Operators, was better entertainment despite the greater "realism" of The Unit.
Monday, December 05, 2011
Items of Interest, 5 November 2011
Obama: Regrettable Attack on Pakistan Not Deliberate
Fast and Furious Lies
Patrick Buchanan, Did FDR Provoke Pearl Harbor?
Jerry Salyer, Immigration, Loyalty, and Economy
New Wendell Berry Book - The Humane Vision of Wendell Berry
Paul Gottfried, The GOP is Useless
Anthony DiMaggio, A Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Alliance?
Economics:
Steve Keen: How He Saw "It" Coming, and Others Did Not
Relocalization:
The Local Food Shift Meets Occupy Boulder by Michael Brownlee (EB)
Farming:Organic Can Feed the World
The primal/paleo diet frowns upon grains, but I am not at the point at which I would condemn the work of Wes Jackson. Wes Jackson: A Perennial Revolution in Agriculture
Water:
The Parching of the West
Peak Oil and Energy:
How Saudi oil could start World War III
Excerpt: Lethal Trajectories
A Reality Check on U.S. Oil Imports and the Shale Revolution for Mortimer Zuckerman
Diet and Health:
200 Health Holiday Gift Guide Paleo Edition
Bacon-Wrapped Sweet Potato Bites
A short bit on the Gokhale Method - Focus on Posture May Ease Nagging Injuries
New Balance Minimus Shoe Initial Review
Catholic:
O Felix Roma - Ambrosian, Gregorian and Norbertine Chant (Schola Sainte Cecile)
Identity Crisis for the Neo-Catechumenal Way
Education:
Timeo Danaos Et Dona Ferentes*: Why teaching the Classics is still relevant in today's world
Notes on Liberal Education and Eastern Christianity
Feminism:
It was him or me, says the first female soldier to kill in combat who shot Taliban SEVEN times
Daniel McInerny on David Mamet: The Film Director and The Noble Savage
Fast and Furious Lies
Patrick Buchanan, Did FDR Provoke Pearl Harbor?
Jerry Salyer, Immigration, Loyalty, and Economy
New Wendell Berry Book - The Humane Vision of Wendell Berry
Paul Gottfried, The GOP is Useless
Anthony DiMaggio, A Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Alliance?
Economics:
Steve Keen: How He Saw "It" Coming, and Others Did Not
Relocalization:
The Local Food Shift Meets Occupy Boulder by Michael Brownlee (EB)
Farming:Organic Can Feed the World
The primal/paleo diet frowns upon grains, but I am not at the point at which I would condemn the work of Wes Jackson. Wes Jackson: A Perennial Revolution in Agriculture
Water:
The Parching of the West
Peak Oil and Energy:
How Saudi oil could start World War III
Excerpt: Lethal Trajectories
A Reality Check on U.S. Oil Imports and the Shale Revolution for Mortimer Zuckerman
Diet and Health:
200 Health Holiday Gift Guide Paleo Edition
Bacon-Wrapped Sweet Potato Bites
A short bit on the Gokhale Method - Focus on Posture May Ease Nagging Injuries
New Balance Minimus Shoe Initial Review
Catholic:
O Felix Roma - Ambrosian, Gregorian and Norbertine Chant (Schola Sainte Cecile)
Identity Crisis for the Neo-Catechumenal Way
Education:
Timeo Danaos Et Dona Ferentes*: Why teaching the Classics is still relevant in today's world
Notes on Liberal Education and Eastern Christianity
Feminism:
It was him or me, says the first female soldier to kill in combat who shot Taliban SEVEN times
Daniel McInerny on David Mamet: The Film Director and The Noble Savage
Monday, May 16, 2011
David Mamet, conservative?
Clark Stooksbury is not impressed with the extent of his conversion. I hope he can be nudged towards some form of traditional conservatism. He seems to appreciate masculinity and being a man (even if he likes BJJ too much?) -- that should help him reject radical egalitarianism.
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