Re: [Marxism] David Mamet skewered

[dave.walters@xxxxxxxxxxx]

A big yawn. Hardly a "skewer" of Mamet's politics or how it shows
 through in his works...just a pontification of "another traitor to the 
liberal cause". What does make Counterpunch tick I have to wonder? 

Mamet is known as a interesting playwright. The staccato lines between 
protagonists in a movie can been enthralling, even addicting. Mamet 
could of been a conservative for 20 years and no one would of known, 
nor cared. That he blurts out his 'brain-dead' line was at least half-accurate.

The biggest Mamet show to date is the much watched "The Unit", a 
glorification of Delta Force and it's missions to undermine the US 
Constitution at every turn. This is pop-TV, prime time, network, and 
very right-wing, more so than the more politically ambiguous FOX 
series "24" (rightwing in 'method', but more often anti-rightwing/anti-
corporate in plot). The Unit premiered two years ago and has been 
in the works 2 years before that...where the hell has Counterpunch been?

David Walters


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