Talk:David Mamet

message: "Unbeknownst to many"? They're fairly well-known, even if they weren't there's no reason to include this, and anyway, unbeknownst is is a stupid word.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.11.219.134 (talk) 15:47, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Short plays and monologues 

message: Biography is too vague of a section...  there's a few sections in there.  Critical Acclaim, Reception, Dialogue Style, Writing Style... any number of new sections should be introduced.-BiancaOfHell 08:04, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Style of his Work Section

message: Biography needs to be fleshed out...Marlboro College lists him as a famous former professor; can we get some kind of confirmation on this page? User:Snyrt
:Wikipedia:WikiProject Screenwriters is trying to gather people to the cause.  If you can help out, please do.  This is a significant article and I'd rate it's importance as High.-BillDeanCarter 05:30, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Biography

message: Reverted edit that was made on basis of notability.  "Notability guidelines give guidance on whether a topic is notable enough to be included in Wikipedia as a separate article, but do not specifically regulate the content of articles."Wvfd14 (talk) 18:18, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There's nothing particularly notable about an op-ed he wrote. This should be removed.Njsamizdat (talk) 18:28, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Agreed. Very significant. I read that article. Quite good, actually.Manhattan Samurai (talk) 21:31, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: When a person has the rare courage to oppose a monolithic environment, such as Hollywood leftism, it is a very significant mark of character. Of course, it will be minimized by those who are part of the monolith.Lestrade (talk) 14:03, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

text: David Mamet certainly talks regularly about his political positions, and is highly politically active, so it certainly deserves a mention. However I'm not sure about the current entry - it's partly his politics, and partly his appearances on talk shows and as a blogger (!) which is a bit bizarre. For some reason there were a number of frankly quite inane entries - such as a sentence about him being impressed by the ability to communicate on computers, or having appeared on the Rush Limbaugh show...both of those points I've removed. Anybody's politics are contentious and it's the section most likely to have POV disputes and issues, so feel free to provide any feedback. Marty jar (talk) 22:39, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Philosophical Conversion

message: I see no sign of what he told Charlie Rose the other night (Friday the 9th?): that he spent "a year or two" as a busboy at Second City, which taught him admiration for high-quality acting, encouraging him to develop scriptwriting as a way of participating in theater.--Jerzy•t 04:04, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  2nd  City 

message: The article contains the following paragraph: "Harold Pinter, recently from his repose, indicated that any perceived relation between himself and the new-found Mamet are extremely remote - related more to emotiveness than to any philosophical or spiritual thought. Gasping for breath after a strenuous metaphysical workout, Mr. Pinter only stated 'This 2011 Mamet has split open the pig - he is ready to gourge [sic]'. Citation via the channel-master 'Troubleman'(Marvin Gaye)." Why is Pinter's condition of repose of any importance? Of what importance is Pinter's breathing? What emotive relationship exists between Pinter and Mamet? What is a metaphysical workout?  What does "channel-master 'Troubleman'(Marvin Gaye)" mean in the idiosyncratic citation? Lestrade (talk) 01:19, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Most likely, someone who is bitter about Mamet's political conversion has decided to damage the article.Lestrade (talk) 11:59, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Riven swine and other questionable matters

message: A recent (July 13,2011) article by John Stossel entitled, "David Mamet's Conversion" confirms the change in Mamet's political views from a liberal to a conservative.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apparentlyecl (talk • contribs) 13:13, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  David Mamet's Conversion 

message: Article doesn't mention that this was made into the movie About Last Night starring Demi Moore and Rob Lowe.  Should it?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.249.112.135 (talk) 16:49, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual Perversity in Chicago 

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message: Arthur Holmberg in his 2014 book David Mamet and Male Friendship, has reconsidered the gender issue in many of Mamet's plays throughout his career by asserting a prominent and recurrent reversed sexual orientation of portrayed male gender preferences.Arthur Holmberg, David Mamet and Male Friendship, Hardcover: 276 pages, Palgrave Macmillan (April 2, 2014), .
This section/sentence is so obtuse I can glean no clear meaning from it. If someone has access to the referenced publication, I'd love to see a bit more about this. R39525 (talk) 21:47, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, that sentence is completely undecipherable. Kaldari (talk) 18:31, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Mamet and gender issues

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message: Labeling David Mamet's views on Pedophilia in the education system as "Homophobia" is incorrect.  It implies that Pedophilia ≈ Homosexuality, in reality, the two are completely different subjects entirely.
2601:482:8000:3F00:987A:B12A:C481:4954 (talk) 20:47, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Homophobia" subheading