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p> You see, in my trade, this is called -- what you did -- you cracked out of turn. Huh? You see? You crumbed the play. br> -- Mike, teaching the con as part of a con, House of Games /p> p> In his 2007 essay collection, Bambi vs. Godzilla , Mamet argued that every successful scene in a screenplay will "stringently apply and stringently answer" three questions: br> /p> blockquote>Who wants what from whom? br> What happens if they don't get it? br> Why now? /blockquote> br> Let's set the scene according to his rules: Mamet wants from the literati to be recognized as separate from an ideological myopia even his most ardent (former?) admirers assume he has been struck with. We already know what he will do should he not get said recognition: publish a declaration of independence in one of liberalism's pride and joy publications. This act of defiance, essentially, leaves the shot all over save the crying and that last niggling little question: Why now?

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