Shia LaBeouf to star in new David Mamet play HENRY JOHNSON at The Electric Lodge in California
Posted: 8/18/23 at 4:00pm
Oh man, I remember when he wandered into Cabaret and thought it was an actual Cabaret. He bought merch and drinks for a bunch of us at the tables. Hilarious.
I hope he is professional and non problematic these days.....
Posted: 8/18/23 at 4:05pm
Oh boy, what a duo. I can't wait to never see this :)
Meanwhile, glad to see Mamet's head remains not-screwed-on correctly.
“Constantin Stanislavski wrote that any director who does something interesting with the text does not understand the text. Most stage directors are only English teachers with a stage manager to bring them tea while they confuse the actors. God forgive them, and may God bless Ms. Ryan.”
Posted: 8/18/23 at 4:12pm
Oy, what a messy duo.
What’s next? A Roman Polanski film starring Kevin Spacey?
Posted: 8/18/23 at 5:07pm
Times are hard in ole Hollywood town, but Ms. Ryan may need industrial-strength Febreze after this fiasco.
Posted: 8/18/23 at 5:19pm
I’ll skip this, I won’t spend my money on the Trump loving, liberal bashing Mamet!
Posted: 4/3/25 at 12:19pm
Posted: 4/3/25 at 12:28pm
When I think of how that man's bullsh*t book on acting was pushed on a whole bunch of us as some kind of holy text, I want to start a class action suit against every acting program in existence in the early to mid-90s.
Posted: 4/3/25 at 12:38pm
SonofRobbieJ said: "When I think of how that man's bullsh*t book on acting was pushed on a whole bunch of us as some kind of holy text, I want to start a class action suit against every acting program in existence in the early to mid-90s."
The fact that Mamet was taken so seriously as an acting / theatre theorist is genuinely hilarious. His entire theory can be boiled down to, "Everything in theatre, from performance to direction, should be in service of me- I mean, in service of the playwright."
Updated On: 4/3/25 at 12:38 PM
Posted: 4/30/25 at 7:52pm
If he were to transcribe a routine dental cleaning, it would be some of his most trenchant writing in years.
Posted: 5/7/25 at 7:24pm
‘Henry Johnson’: David Mamet Stages a Con Fit for Our MAGA Moment
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/henry-johnson-david-mamet-stages-a-con-fit-for-our-maga-moment/
Posted: 5/8/25 at 1:21pm
Shia LaBeouf and David Mamet Would Like a Word
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/shia-labeouf-david-mamet-henry-johnson-coppola-1236209998/
