Mamet being Mamet...EW Interview.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 5:07pm

Link here.  

Admitting in advance, I couldn't get through it all, just cant stand this jackoff and what I saw was enough.  Anyone know the list of plays his ex-wife gets all the royalties from so I can avoid the rest?  I think I read here American Buffalo was hers, but can't be sure.  

Updated On: 8/4/25 at 05:07 PM

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 5:10pm

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Updated On: 8/4/25 at 05:10 PM

[ggersten]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 5:39pm

Was that EW! as in disgusting or EW as in Entertainment Weekly?  I read it as the former. 

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 6:44pm

David Mamet's heel turn used to make me frustrated. Now it just makes me sad. What a bitter, incoherent man. I'm ashamed that I love his plays as much as I do.

On the bright side, this interview is a master class for journalists in how to keep your composure when dealing with an antagonistic interviewee.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 6:48pm

ggersten said: "Was that EW! as in disgusting or EW as in Entertainment Weekly? I read it as the former."

The latter...but it works both ways!

Alex Kulak2: Same, but also happy to say **** this guy and skip further revivals (at least if he's profiting off them).  His new **** has been mediocre anyway so no loss there.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 6:52pm

Journalists calling MAGAts out on their bullsh*t is one of my very favorite things. The temper tantrums of these ass helmets are deeply amusing to me.

[verywellthensigh]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 7:51pm

He must be doing a press tour.  I skipped the usually great Talk Easy podcast the week he was on. 

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[Quinn Wilson]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 10:01pm

Alex Kulak2 said: "David Mamet's heel turn used to make me frustrated. Now it just makes me sad. What a bitter, incoherent man. I'm ashamed that I love his plays as much as I do.

On the bright side, this interview is a master class for journalists in how to keep your composure when dealing with an antagonistic interviewee."

I wonder what his daughter Zosia feels about him now. She’s a brilliant actress (admittedly a nepo baby) and doesn’t seem like someone who would be a MAGAt. I’d love to know her thoughts. 

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 8/4/25 at 11:04pm

Years ago he used to be able to pack all that disdain and rage and machismo into his writing… many years ago.

[Tom5]

Posted: 8/5/25 at 12:59am

It's has occurred to me for some time that he has become his own worst character.