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Loading... Glengarry Glen Rossby David Mamet
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Dedicated to Harold Pinter, Mamet's masterpiece is certainly the American version of the Britsh master's theater of malice. But where everything is innuendo in Pinter, in Mamet, it's exuberant and hammer-fisted. The play does not include the classic "always be closing" scene which gave Alec Baldwin his very best role in the movie version. And the movie took a few halting steps toward trying to make the two leading characters a bit more sympathetic. Nonetheless, this play is just this side of perfect in its ability to induce groans and guffaws in equal measure. And, in its own very dark way, it's a deeply spiritual experience as well. (  )jburlinson | Apr 13, 2009 |   root beer floats. this is a play for the ages. he shows his class and his man points rise. a classic. (  )TakeItOrLeaveIt | Feb 21, 2009 | I have seen this play before, but this is the first time I've read it. All I can say is that the play is best in its natural state - live, not on paper. Mamet's plays are difficult to "get" without the actors in front of you, and the dialogue can be increasingly impossible to follow. The plot itself, once unearthed, is always a rollicking good time, and this one was no exception. (  )cinesnail88 | Mar 14, 2008 | A truthful look at American capitalism and male competitiveness. ( )NativeRoses | Feb 20, 2007 | 1  0.076 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0802130917, Paperback)Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, David Mamet's scalding comedy is about small-time, cutthroat real esate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their fair share of the American dream. Here is Mamet at his very best, writing with brutal power about the tough life of tough characters who cajole, connive, wheedle, and wheel and deal for a piece of the action -- where closing a sale can mean a brand new cadillac but losing one can mean losing it all. This masterpiece of American drama is now a major motion picture starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alan Arkin, Alex Baldwain, Jonathan Pryce, Ed Harris, and Kevin Spacey. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:11 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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