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Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet | |
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Speed-the-Plow Lesson Plan
34,069 words, approx. 114 pages
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| Name: |
David Alan Mamet | | Variant Name: |
David Mamet | | Birth Date: |
November 30, 1947 | | Place of Birth: |
Chicago, Illinois, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer, playwright/dramatist, screenwriter, director/producer |
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 Biography of David Mamet
7076 words, approx. 23.6 pages
 David Mamet was born and raised in Chicago. "We have some strange local mythology. No Chicagoan makes gangster jokes or thinks of the City as particularly violent (which it isn't). (Al Capone did say, 'You get a lot farther with a kind word and a gun tha... summary from source:
 Biography of David (Alan) Mamet
3796 words, approx. 12.7 pages
"In this country of incessant obbligatos accompanying all activity--music in offices, and elevators, tapes in cars, radios in restaurants--Mamet has heard the ultimate Muzak, the dissonant din of people yammering at one another and not connecting. He is... summary from source:
 Biography of David Alan Mamet
1616 words, approx. 5.4 pages
Playwright and screenwriter David Mamet is highly praised for his accurate rendering of American vernacular, through which he explores the relationship between language and behavior. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 30, 1947, he studied at Goddard...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Speed-the-Plow Information
755 words, approx. 3 pages
 Speed-the-Plow (1988) is an acclaimed play by David Mamet which is a satirical dissection of the American movie business, a theme Mamet would revisit in his later films Wag the Dog (1997) and State and Main (2000). Hollywood producers Bobby Gould and...
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 Tango A Life Less Ordinary
6/5/2007: 1,107 words, approx. 4 pages Most people associate celebrity with SUVs, Manolo Blahniks, and Malibu beach homes. But not Alicia Silverstone. The actress, 30, has chosen to parlay her fame into a life of activism. She has aligned herself with organizations such as PETA—which named her the sexiest vegetarian alive—and...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Howard Pearce
6,813 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, Pearce examines two female characters—one in House of Games and another in Speed-the-Plow—analyzing their identities as artists and how other characters and audience members relate to them.
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Critical Review by Leo Sauvage
1,588 words, approx. 5 pages
In the following review, Sauvage contends that Speed-the-Plow displays good acting and directorship, but is a stagnant commentary on the Hollywood film industry.
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Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet | |
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About 135 pages (40,524 words) in 7 products |
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