neuroparenthetical
Sexy Brain In Jar
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State and Main by David Mamet was one of the most layered, elegant takedowns of play/movie dialogue I've ever seen. You could tell Mamet loved and hated the art form in equal measures, and with maximum intensity. It's basically impossible to pin down where he lands when the movie is done. Is he celebrating writers who engage with the world instead of staying in their rooms all day, or is he denouncing them as shameless, vapid plagiarizers of life itself whose horrible from-the-void dialogue was at least less morally reprehensible? Both? It's one of those brilliant pieces that reveals something of the viewer to themselves depending on what they get out of it, and what judgments they make.
The black satire of the moviemaking industry is, in my mind, secondary to that thread. It's also pretty fuckin' great, though.
The black satire of the moviemaking industry is, in my mind, secondary to that thread. It's also pretty fuckin' great, though.