American Occupation
Brave dissenters willing to defy an oppressive orthodoxy are our country’s best hope
BY
DAVID MAMET
APRIL 13, 2022
Hadn't noticed that this article was written by David Mamet. What a coincidence! Only yesterday, I was binge-watching YouTube interviews of him - spaced over a decade (Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institute in 2014; a three-year old interview with Ben Shapiro; Dave Rubin just days ago).
Two observations:
1. This was the first time I had ever actually SEEN D. Mamet (I hadn't even known that he is a Jew), and I was surprised that he looks more like a longshoreman than a playwright. He has coarse facial features - not the fine features I would have expected of an artistic intellectual. That is my purely subjective take! Take it for what it's worth! I, myself, attach no greater importance to it.
2. He is extremely repetitious! His interview with Robinson in 2014 hardly differed from his interview with Rubin last week: Same old stories and anecdotes with the same punchlines, same observations on life, same line of reasoning, same witty remarks. Delivered in the same somewhat unfocussed manner - as though he wasn't really aware of his interviewer or at least wasn't trying to tailor his speech to that particular interviewer.
As much as I agree with what he is saying, I am disappointed.
Regards,