Posted on 03/12/2008 1:19:48 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
.....I wrote a play about politics (November, Barrymore Theater, Broadway, some seats still available). And as part of the "writing process," as I believe it's called, I started thinking about politics. This comment is not actually as jejune as it might seem. Porgy and Bess is a buncha good songs but has nothing to do with race relations, which is the flag of convenience under which it sailed.
But my play, it turned out, was actually about politics, which is to say, about the polemic between persons of two opposing views. The argument in my play is between a president who is self-interested, corrupt, suborned, and realistic, and his leftish, lesbian, utopian-socialist speechwriter.
The play, while being a laugh a minute, is, when it's at home, a disputation between reason and faith, or perhaps between the conservative (or tragic) view and the liberal (or perfectionist) view. The conservative president in the piece holds that people are each out to make a living, and the best way for government to facilitate that is to stay out of the way, as the inevitable abuses and failures of this system (free-market economics) are less than those of government intervention.
I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind.....
(Excerpt) Read more at villagevoice.com ...
Or Horowitz, or, for that matter, Savage.
Unfortunate ‘Son of Sam’ connotation.
Why are you comparing David Mamet to a serial killer?
Seriously. Neil Simon maybe but Mamet?
The original headline is
“David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’”
Think maybe he meant Horowitz?
Interesting article, but good lord can you imagine being trapped on a Greyhound bus with this guy?
Bush got us into Iraq, JFK into Vietnam. Bush stole the election in Florida; Kennedy stole his in Chicago. Bush outed a CIA agent; Kennedy left hundreds of them to die in the surf at the Bay of Pigs. Bush lied about his military service; Kennedy accepted a Pulitzer Prize for a book written by Ted Sorenson. Bush was in bed with the Saudis, Kennedy with the Mafia. Oh.
And Mamet never even killed total strangers in a serial fashion.
Its a different Berkowitz ...Daniel?
Mamet—someone who may possible be able to fill the bery large shoes of William F. Buckley!
No, Berkowitz. He was really a distinguished playwright, until he wrote an article in the Village Voice announcing he was now conservative. That’s when they started the serial killer rumors about him.
But seriously, I did mean Horowitz. Horowitz, Berkowitz, whatever.
If ever an admin correction was needed - this is it!
You really should have the original title restored. It is much more descriptive of the content of this interesting article.
He has made significant progress but still has a way to go:
"Bush stole the election in Florida"
"Bush outed a CIA agent"
"Bush lied about his military service"
“Mamet—someone who may possible be able to fill the bery large shoes of William F. Buckley!”
Just because he’s no longer delusional doesn’t mean he gets to drive the bus. No Johnny-come-latelies-still-getting-their-minds-straight need apply for intellectual leadership positions.
“You really should have the original title restored. It is much more descriptive of the content of this interesting article.”
Agreed. No objection.
Oh no, some dog told him to become a conservative.
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