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Mametfest Destiny
Famed playwright, writer, and movie director David Mamet sent shockwaves through the lefty literary world in March when he declared himself an admirer of America and the Constitution. How could this be?
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You see, in my trade, this is called — what you did — you
cracked out of turn. Huh? You see? You crumbed the play.
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— Mike, teaching the con as part of a con, House of Games
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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:
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blockquote>Who wants what from whom?
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What happens if they don’t get it?
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Why now?
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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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Shawn Macomber is a contributing editor to The American Spectator.
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Thank you for this post, very interesting!
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