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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and director David Mamet has, in his own words, gone from a Hollywood veteran to “the hermit of Santa Monica”. Celebrated for his plays American Buffalo, Glengarry Glen Ross, and Speed-the-Plow, Mamet has dedicated his formidable energy to the culture war raging in La La Land.
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SubscribeZero pushback on Mamet’s fantasy politics. I gave up at his untethered shilling for Trump. Nearly every damn thing he claimed about him is proven to be factually inaccurate, at best, out and out lies, at worst: the border, the Middle East, the economy, Trump’s politics have been showed to be mostly gesture politics with little or no substance beyond that. As for “energy independence” … yes, at the price of the climate. Do we really want a president who wants nothing to do with the global move away from fossil fuels, who wants to “drill, drill, drill” for oil, even in protected landscapes. A president who scrapped hundreds of environmental protections for water, air and land. And all of that is before we get to the fact he’s is a proven rapist and cereal sex criminal. And, if you think he’s good with the economy I suggest you google, “Trump’s failed businesses”.
Mamet is a sad old boomer. He’s that guy giving off at the end of the bar who you want to avoid at all costs.