David Mamet was a troublesome talent even in the more macho-man-friendly period of the 1990s, when his sizzling dialogue-led plays started to make an impact this side of the Atlantic. While he was definitely capturing the reality of a certain form of masculine narcissism, he was also relishing it.
Theatre: This restaging of David Mamet’s play about misogynistic Hollywood executives flips its characters’ sexes. Much of the impact gets lost in translation