Better than Hamlet ( )

Greed, betrayal, and the American Dream in neoliberal America. Of course it interested me. ( )

I have never seen this play (or the movie version) and it was not at all what I had expected based on the title. I suspect that this satire would come across much better in the theater than it did in written form - the characters' speech patterns were often a bit hard to follow in the written form as they broke off mid-sentence or repeated phrases. ( )

Glengarry Glen Ross: A Play listened to the script read by a single narrator (non-Dramatized). It won a Pulitzer many consider it important, probably would be better seen on stage with actors. Foul-mouthed real-estate salesmen recount becoming "like family" with customers, while revealing the salesmen true ugly selves back at the office. Based on Mamet's own experiences. Sort of a Kitchen Confidential but less appetizing. It seems dated even for 1984, these are 1950s and 60s concerns about masculinity and the soullessness of modernity. Then again it is sort of timeless. ( )

Riveting stuff. The patter of Mamet's dialogue lends to tension, even if the scene may not warrant it. ( )