Speed the Plow

Wow, do Mamet’s characters know how to talk! I mean that as both a good quality and a bad. Mamet’s characters are people who find their motives as their mouths move – through declarative sentences, tiny pauses, and instant redirections. His famous plays – including Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Amer......more

In regards to the plot, a movie producer named Gould is debating with his friend and colleague the importance of money versus art. Though the two agree that it is "art" that is most important, it is clear that money is what rules both of their lives. The rising action occurs when Gould bets his frie......more

David Mamet's somewhat engaging take on the truth and sliminess involved in the Hollywood movie business. Mamet should know what he's talking about, of course, having worked in Hollywood as a both a screenwriter and director. Yet all of the classic "Mamet-isms" and all of the verbal sparing and regu......more

I listened to this production solely because Jeff Goldblum starred in it. It was fine. The whole play takes place in a Hollywood executive's office. His friend is trying to get him to bankroll his prison action movie. His secretary is trying to get him to make a conceptual film about radiation and t......more