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David Mamet Calls Hollywood’s DEI Initiatives “Garbage” & Says His Kids Are Not Nepo Babies: “They Earned It By Merit”
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| April 22, 2024
| By Armando Tinoco
Posted on 04/26/2024 5:20:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
His daughter was in Madam Web? She must have been given the part by someone who hates Mamet but didn’t want anybody to know.
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:27:23 PM PDT
by
HYPOCRACY
(Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
To: nickcarraway
‘ “DEI is garbage,” the author said at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, as the Los Angeles Times reported. “It’s fascist totalitarianism.”’
Well said, David.
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:28:17 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: nickcarraway
Let me just say… I love David Mamet and everything he has ever written. He is an American treasure.
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:30:44 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
To: nickcarraway
His children may have merited their roles but surely their name got them through the door to be considered at all.
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:32:43 PM PDT
by
heartwood
(Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
To: Rummyfan
He gave Alec Baldwin his greatest role. I am not sure how much acting was involved, but he nailed it.
To: nickcarraway
This guy’s cultural commentary in the last decade is eloquent and very worth the read.
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:39:08 PM PDT
by
KC Burke
To: heartwood
No one ever complained about Hollywood nepotism before lol.
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:40:17 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
To: nickcarraway
Always Be Closing......ABC. You have the leads........
I worked in a boiler room in the 70s. Trane Air Conditioning in El Monte CA. It was EXACTLY like that movie!
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:40:19 PM PDT
by
vespa300
To: KC Burke
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:40:37 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
To: vespa300
Like the movie Boiler Room?
To: nickcarraway
Regarding nepotism in Hollywood, Mamet doesn’t think his kids have benefitted from his accomplishments in the industry and rather says they learned from being on set, earning them a spot.Gee, where were all the complaints when Barbra Streisand cast her son in The Prince of Tides…. Because he was simply perfect for the role lol.
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:43:19 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
To: vespa300
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:44:04 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
To: Rummyfan
Did you want him to be on welfare?
To: nickcarraway
He’s great this guy, I had no idea he stood on the sane side politically, you would think given his profession he would be a full blown Marxist, but no, he actually has brains. I must have watch Glengarry Glenross 200 times. The dialogue in that movie is amazing. Even though Alec Baldwin is a schmuck that was definitely his greatest moment as an actor. “PUT DOWN THAT COFFEE!! Coffee’s for closers only!” Or Pacino “Don’t ever open your mouth until you know what the shot is. You’re a f****ng child.”
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:45:13 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
To: nickcarraway
LOL! But truthfully and sadly, Streisand’s son died of AIDS. Which she of course blamed on President Reagan rather than her son’s homosexuality.
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:46:58 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Given his profession he would be a full blown Marxist, but no, he actually has brains. I must have watch Glengarry Glenross 200 times.Me too.
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:48:16 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Read Mamet’s The Secret Knowledge, published about twelve years ago. He gives a very detailed description of his….. awakening. To reality….
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:49:49 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
To: heartwood
His children may have merited their roles but surely their name got them through the door to be considered at all.Personally, I think nepotism gets a bad rap.
If your father was a cabinet maker, and you spent your entire childhood watching him build cabinets, you'd probably be pretty well equipped to get into the cabinet making business yourself.
Kids growing up watching their parents in the entertainment industry aren't really much different.
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:50:02 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Whenever I see someone with the last name of “Patel”, I always think....”Shiva handed him a million dollars, told him “sign the deal,” he wouldn’t sign. And Vishnu, too.”
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posted on
04/26/2024 5:50:42 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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