David Mamet: Why Trump will win in 2024

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  • Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
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    UnHerd's Flo Read meets David Mamet.
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    Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and director David Mamet has, in his own words, gone from a Hollywood veteran to “the hermit of Santa Monica”. Celebrated for his plays American Buffalo, Glengarry Glen Ross, and Speed-the-Plow, Mamet has dedicated his formidable energy to the culture war raging in La La Land.
    To mark the publication of his memoir, Everywhere an Oink Oink, Flo Read spoke to Mamet about the death of storytelling, antisemitism in America and his zeal for Donald Trump.
    // TIMECODES //
    00:00 - 00:45 - Introduction
    00:45 - 05:58 - When did David Mamet realise he was destined for the storytelling business, and how has the industry changed?
    05:58 - 10:40 - The politicisation of the screenwriting industry
    10:40 - 17:43 - David Mamet on being politically outspoken in a liberal industry
    17:43 - 22:40 - The role of the mainstream media
    22:40 - 23:28 - “Nobody cares about diversity”
    23:28 - 28:01 - Does David Mamet feel any differently about being an American Jew in light of recent events?
    28:01 - 36:20 - Will Donald Trump win in 2024?
    36:20 - 38:44 - Does Mamet believe in banning speech?
    38:44 - 42:28 - The future of Hollywood
    42:28 - 43:06 - Concluding thoughts
    #UnHerd #DavidMamet #Trump

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  • @jq8974
    @jq8974 5 місяців тому +120

    Wow. I am an actress/writer/director who was trained in the 90s on Mamet’s scripts. I am also a Christian, who has worked in mainstream culture, most of my life. Refreshing interview, to say the least.

  • @StereoSpace
    @StereoSpace 5 місяців тому +406

    David just went scorched-earth on Hollywood and the Left. And I can't think of a single thing he said I'd disagree with.

    • @garyc9908
      @garyc9908 5 місяців тому

      God?

    • @ExiledGypsy
      @ExiledGypsy 5 місяців тому

      I can, all of it.
      He is either a liar or has denentia.
      What percentage of black me are in prison compared to the white? That is systemic racism.
      Gaza never had enough water form day one.
      This is what Ian Bremer is saying it not an Arab or Palatinian.
      I have been to Israel and have seen their Jewish fundementalists who are worse than Hamas. They spit Christian clergy in the face.
      There are plenty of Jews who hate those religious natinalist is Israel.
      These are mostly poor ulta religious Jews who came from eastern Europe ghettoes and stayed in Israel. The ones who could leave left.
      They assasinated their own prime minister.
      I bet he doesn't know any black person.
      No teacher tells a kid that you are of wrong sex
      As for his support for Trump he seems to have forgotten Charlotte ville or his meeting with Kanya West.
      Let me tell you why Netanyahu got on with Trump: Because both of them want the Jews to immigrate to Israel.
      After all these years Israeli population still hasn't caught up with Palastinians.
      Netanyahu was begging the French Jews to immigrate to Israel. This is why he promotes antisemetism out side Israel. This is why he got on with Trump .
      Open your eyes.

    • @ExiledGypsy
      @ExiledGypsy 5 місяців тому

      Unfortunately they hide my comments here. So much for free speech.
      Otherwise I would explain why you shouldn't agree with any of it

    • @michstockholm1164
      @michstockholm1164 5 місяців тому +14

      Except, maybe, lying about how underprivileged Jews are... Especially at the ivy league universities... 😂

    • @miketomlin6040
      @miketomlin6040 5 місяців тому

      Someone on the Left won't last long in Hollywood, Film Industry is a deeply Capitalist industry!!

  • @robertwildes7550
    @robertwildes7550 4 місяці тому +20

    David makes more sense than 99% of Hollywood.

    • @l.w.paradis2108
      @l.w.paradis2108 4 місяці тому +1

      Competing cults

    • @danielasanchez4674
      @danielasanchez4674 3 місяці тому +1

      His book 3 uses of a knife says that art shouldn't be hijacked by political messages (paraphrasing). Ever since I read that book I've had a lot of respect for his opinion

    • @l.w.paradis2108
      @l.w.paradis2108 3 місяці тому

      @@danielasanchez4674 But his art is as well.

    • @danielasanchez4674
      @danielasanchez4674 3 місяці тому

      @@l.w.paradis2108 his book is more articulate about, it's my bad for not explaining well. He said it shouldn't compromise the piece of art, you can still have it but you have to prioritize it as art

    • @l.w.paradis2108
      @l.w.paradis2108 3 місяці тому

      @@danielasanchez4674 Everyone with a shred of sense (and artistic sensibility) agrees with that. Marguerite Duras and her Communist Party buddies agreed with that.

  • @mmelau-deladetesailleurs2001
    @mmelau-deladetesailleurs2001 5 місяців тому +49

    Flo Reid is fantastic. Empathic and with self confidence and humour!

    • @deeyates226
      @deeyates226 5 місяців тому

      Only thing trump will win is a jail cell and what numbers on his back

    • @friarnewborg9213
      @friarnewborg9213 5 місяців тому +3

      Really? Did you listen to the same interview?

    • @DrLimbic
      @DrLimbic 4 місяці тому

      I had a visceral revulsion at her mannerisms: facial tics, asking questions with closed eyes, and inflecting her voice to a note of murderous contempt.

  • @RJGuitar07
    @RJGuitar07 4 місяці тому +18

    "I've always been afraid of being a coward!!" That's got to be the greatest line I have ever heard!! Wow, what guy, I had no idea. Old Red there is pretty nice too. Thanks!

  • @tedtimmis8135
    @tedtimmis8135 5 місяців тому +112

    Fantastic conversation. Sadly, Jewish intellectuals are very late to the fight for freedom and against leftist insanity (it’s still a mixed bag) but we desperately need their wisdom and voice. I’m delighted that David Mamet has chosen to speak out.

    • @teresapalladino3318
      @teresapalladino3318 5 місяців тому +3

      I Agree with you

    • @soleknight3212
      @soleknight3212 5 місяців тому +10

      Mamet has been speaking out for years, as have some other key Jewish players such as the Weinstein brothers (Eric and Bret) and Hitchens brothers. People just not been listening

    • @tedtimmis8135
      @tedtimmis8135 5 місяців тому

      @@soleknight3212 Eric Weinstein only started speaking in the last couple of months and his embrace of the MAGA movement is dubious at best. Christopher Hitchens was a bonafide neocon (who hated all religions) and was friends with the likes of Paul Wolfowitz. As a neocon, he had nothing to say in opposition to the Patriot Act. Hardly a defender of freedom.
      However, there are better examples such as Viva Frei, Ezra Levine, Chaya Raichik and Mark Levin.

    • @soleknight3212
      @soleknight3212 4 місяці тому

      @@ps5801 He was talking about the Jews AGAINST the insanity, not for it. And there have been many including the names I posted as well as in recent times with the likes of Rebel News and the reaction of Israel itself, for good or worse, to the histrionics of the hideous media, especially BBC and CNN.

    • @tedtimmis8135
      @tedtimmis8135 4 місяці тому +1

      @@ps5801 It’s true that there are some very solid voices in the Jewish community including people like Prager, Medved and Greenwald.
      However, EVERYBODY knows, but no one will say out loud, who’s behind all of the elections fuckery, media manipulation, and Deep State machinations. By simply stating what is plainly obvious to EVERYBODY, one will immediately be labeled as anti-Semitic.
      Finally, it may come as a shock but I’m actually a Judeophile and I have a deep respect for Jewish culture, heritage and faith. My political opposition to a broad swath of this group is just that…political. What’s galling it that whites and Christians and men can be attacked by your group for purely demagogic or bigoted purposes and can do so with complete impunity.

  • @Triplesteeple
    @Triplesteeple 4 місяці тому +12

    What a great interview. What a man. The comment Mr. Mamet made about not ever wanting to be a coward caught me up. I’ve never heard anyone say that stated as a reason for doing the important thing. It was touching. It was inspiring. I want my students to hear it.

  • @theodorearaujo971
    @theodorearaujo971 5 місяців тому +87

    The problem with Hollywood, and performers of all sorts in general, is they spend their entire lives trying to please and gain the favor of others.

    • @terraflow__bryanburdo4547
      @terraflow__bryanburdo4547 5 місяців тому +3

      Of the bosses.

    • @kkkevan
      @kkkevan 5 місяців тому +3

      I am more inclined to believe they spend their lives trying to make more money.

    • @gentlemantramp7528
      @gentlemantramp7528 5 місяців тому +1

      What you say is not untrue but it describes a process of corruption as honesty is the currency of the arts; whether we are talking stand up comedy or a novel, honesty is the litmus of distinction between art and propaganda.
      "All art is somewhere between pornography and propaganda-without being wholly one or the other." ~David Hickey

    • @theophany150
      @theophany150 5 місяців тому +1

      Whereas a total sociopath is more appropriate for the US you think?

    • @maychen9915
      @maychen9915 5 місяців тому

      ​@@kkkevannot only money but also for sex

  • @bigding8977
    @bigding8977 5 місяців тому +179

    Congratulations on getting David Mamet on your show. I've seen Glengarry Glen Ross about 20 times but knew nothing about the man behind that screenplay. It's a breath of fresh air to know there are reasonable and courageous voices in Hollywood. And it's encouraging to see the growth of independent cinema.

    • @rolandnelson6722
      @rolandnelson6722 5 місяців тому +5

      I too have seen Glen Garry Glen Ross that many times. I wish it wasn’t true. Mamet is a genius. I don’t agree with everything he says but he it is worth listening to everything he says.

    • @capri2673
      @capri2673 5 місяців тому +4

      Coffee's for closers only.

    • @richardmcgrath61
      @richardmcgrath61 5 місяців тому +8

      @@jps0117 That movie is my all time favourite. Great to finally see what David Mamet is like. I admire him all the more knowing he backs Trump.

    • @levin448
      @levin448 4 місяці тому +2

      20 times? Put that coffee down! 😅

  • @adamnoble1689
    @adamnoble1689 5 місяців тому +119

    Man it is so wild hearing such public praise of Trump in circles where previously you had to go through a sort of apology before saying something nice about him.

    • @ogukuo72
      @ogukuo72 5 місяців тому +24

      I think the pennies have fallen from many eyes with the past three years of governance disaster.

    • @carefulconsumer8682
      @carefulconsumer8682 5 місяців тому

      Hollywood cancelled him because he does not follow their woke narrative.. They also cancelled Michael Crichton because he exposed the Global Warming hoax in his book, "State of Fear."

    • @jameseverett4976
      @jameseverett4976 5 місяців тому

      I still can't understand why anyone but Trump can say all the nasty things they want about others, far worse that Trump ever has, but somehow when Trump says anything that anyone disagrees with, he is manipulated to stand out like a sore thumb, as if everyone but him walks softly and speaks only the kindest words about any other person. I mean hasn't the media done nothing but throw mud in his & his supporters faces?
      The anti-Trumpers have twisted reality to it's limits to demonize anyone who doesn't hate Trump, but Trump is the "mean" one?
      Damn this world is so grossly inside out and gas-lit to the max.
      I don't think there could even be a more hypocritical time in history than right now. Trump has brought out the screaming demons hiding in people, and man do they unleash in their agony and bitterness. Democrats and anti-Trumpers are the all-time "dish it out a plenty but can't take the smallest part of what they dish out" crowd. In 60 plus years I've never seen anything close to the current hatred for Trump, and complete lack of self-awareness in those who oppose him.
      And I've even seen how many "conservative" pundits have a habit of holding their noses every time they mention Trump. They're almost worse than the Left in their smug self-righteousness, and I've learned to hate every stinking one of them for revealing their own inner cry baby. Trump brings out the insecurity of all the people you thought had their sh_ together. Ironically Trump is the only one left that I have any respect for.

    • @ContinentsEdge
      @ContinentsEdge 4 місяці тому +2

      I hope you’re right!

  • @freeandcriticalthinker4431
    @freeandcriticalthinker4431 5 місяців тому +6

    Breath of FRESH AIR OF TRUTH FROM THE HEART WITH NO DAMN disclaimers and sophistry that plagues us today. Thanks David!

  • @Djordj69
    @Djordj69 5 місяців тому +93

    I can't express how great this guy is.

    • @michstockholm1164
      @michstockholm1164 5 місяців тому

      If only he wouldn't lie about the freedom of speech at ivy league universities.

    • @jimpollard113
      @jimpollard113 5 місяців тому +2

      @@michstockholm1164 What lie is that?

    • @davidclark573
      @davidclark573 5 місяців тому

      Trump is the worst person in this country.

    • @soleknight3212
      @soleknight3212 5 місяців тому +1

      @@michstockholm1164 They came up with "contextual genocide". You couldn't make it up. Mamet did not go far enough in his condemnation IMO.

  • @cathyjohnston8802
    @cathyjohnston8802 4 місяці тому +17

    Thank you for this interview with David Mamet. Everyone has periods in their life when they need to hear like minded thoughts so they can feel a part of the common. I'm here on the dusk of my wonderful life, missing my family members. David Mamet filled my mind, took me into his time in another place than mine. I will listen to this many times. As to President Trump I spent every day of his Presidency being amazed at all that he accomplished, hearing Mamet list it all was truly wonderful, so many days I would wonder how are people missing out on such ground breaking accomplishments. I greatly appreciate the gift of this interview and time spent. I will listen to it many times, share it, and most of all ponder it when sitting outside in the sunlight .

  • @416dl
    @416dl 5 місяців тому +11

    To borrow one of the great lines from, appropriately enough, the movies; "Hold on to your hat, it's gonna be a bumpy ride". Mamet really puts it into the most honest perspective; about how it's gonna get worse before it gets better, but his belief that we will get there is worth holding on to our hats and everything else. It amazes me how fresh genuine reason can sound coming from someone with his long years of experience doing battle with the establishment and, I think, himself. Thanks for bringing it to us.

  • @frankb821
    @frankb821 5 місяців тому +5

    David Mamet is a genius. I had the privilege of playing "Moss" in GlenGarry Glen Ross in my college days, and fell in love with his realistic, yet pithy dialogue

  • @kernowpolski
    @kernowpolski 5 місяців тому +127

    A great interview - Mamet is rare - an entertainment veteran who deals in honesty!

    • @michstockholm1164
      @michstockholm1164 5 місяців тому

      Pity he's so underprivileged as a Jew in USA 🇺🇸.

    • @johnbanach3875
      @johnbanach3875 5 місяців тому

      Oh yeah, like the total destruction and genocide in Gaza is about "Kill the Jews."

    • @carefulconsumer8682
      @carefulconsumer8682 5 місяців тому

      He is pro-family so the Democrats will consider him a "right wing extremist."

  • @sawyer4713
    @sawyer4713 5 місяців тому +105

    I love this. What Mamet is saying about Hollywood films is how I feel about the latest novels being pubilshed. Same critique. The movies stink and the novels stink.

    • @GwaiZai
      @GwaiZai 5 місяців тому +1

      which highly praised recent novels do you think are lesss than?

    • @VelkePivo
      @VelkePivo 5 місяців тому +4

      Yes, but written by a black lesbian!!

    • @stevenwiederholt7000
      @stevenwiederholt7000 5 місяців тому +1

      I've been saying for years "That Little Silicon Chip Is Changing Everything."

    • @annedobson-mack3688
      @annedobson-mack3688 5 місяців тому +17

      There is no point in reading new novels or watching new movies - preachy Woke box ticking is not entertaining.

    • @lilith3953
      @lilith3953 5 місяців тому +6

      @@VelkePivo written by a brave trans lesbian, don't you mean?

  • @Orson2u
    @Orson2u 5 місяців тому +24

    David is blessed with “Youthful rage and vigor.” May he keep writing and opining for many years to come.

    • @daviddean707
      @daviddean707 5 місяців тому

      I had to study him for my degree and pick out characters to please my lecturer from his work which wasn't easy.

  • @milesanddizzy
    @milesanddizzy 5 місяців тому +68

    Mamet drops so many truth bombs in a 43min interview it’s like watching one of his plays. Excellent work!

  • @frankie3041
    @frankie3041 5 місяців тому +11

    “Sound of Freedom” made a quarter of a billion, not a half a billion. Still not bad for a less than $14.5 million production budget!! Other than that, Mamet is pretty much spot on with everything he says here. 👍

    • @-Thunder
      @-Thunder 5 місяців тому

      Disney refused to distribute it and sold the rights. Meanwhile, everything they did distribute lost a fortune. They have destroyed themselves in less than 5 years.

  • @jmyers6175
    @jmyers6175 5 місяців тому +5

    What kind of government..
    A Republic, if you can keep it." Benjamin Franklin

  • @Marss13z
    @Marss13z 5 місяців тому +64

    I had the sense of a man who is certain about what he knows. Very interesting conversation.

    • @ClownCarCoup
      @ClownCarCoup 5 місяців тому +1

      not unlike the man he thinks will win. Very self assured

    • @johnbanach3875
      @johnbanach3875 5 місяців тому +4

      Certain about what he thinks he knows.

    • @jimpollard113
      @jimpollard113 5 місяців тому

      @@johnbanach3875 Why is that a problem? Being certain does not mean an unwillingness to examine other points of view.

    • @johnbanach3875
      @johnbanach3875 5 місяців тому

      Are you kidding me? Being certain means exactly that!@@jimpollard113

  • @chrisdodt
    @chrisdodt 5 місяців тому +13

    sweet Jesus! every word out of Mamet's mouth was brilliant and prescient. let's hope his courage is contagious in Hollywood.

  • @MitaLupa
    @MitaLupa 5 місяців тому +25

    I FUCKING LOVE THIS INTERVIEW

  • @100vg
    @100vg 5 місяців тому +19

    What a man! I am 100% with him. He didn't say I word which I could take issue with on any level. Great interview!

    • @marshalmcdonald7476
      @marshalmcdonald7476 5 місяців тому +1

      Me too. Ain't he on point. If you've never read his essays please do. They're a real treat.

  • @vesa_5
    @vesa_5 5 місяців тому +20

    Bravo Mr. Mammet, what a bright and honest man.pleasure to listen You

  • @KM-pq7sr
    @KM-pq7sr 5 місяців тому +56

    He's only 'controversial' to far left fools.

    • @jlpowell51
      @jlpowell51 5 місяців тому

      Far left fool is redundant.

    • @peterdowney1492
      @peterdowney1492 5 місяців тому

      Seeing the bombing of Gaza, which has caused untold harm, as an horrendous crime, that is sufficient to categorize one as 'far left'?
      There are some things I agree with Mr. Mamet on, one is distaste for those who are quick to make the accusation of 'Oh, it's far right'.
      At an intelligent level, it no longer has meaning. The reality is it's simply a stick that is used by the disingenuous to beat people with.

    • @jameseverett4976
      @jameseverett4976 5 місяців тому

      And most "conservatives" have become far Left fools without realizing it because they weren't paying attention and just went along with activist media narratives.

    • @lindaflesch7303
      @lindaflesch7303 Місяць тому

      He's just an old guy

  • @tsveno72
    @tsveno72 5 місяців тому +74

    The discussion about President Trump starts at 28:00 .

    • @hendrikbarboritsch7003
      @hendrikbarboritsch7003 5 місяців тому +10

      thanx. I critized in a comment that there was no time stamp for the clickbait title

    • @simoneweidinger
      @simoneweidinger 5 місяців тому +5

      Thanks

    • @tsveno72
      @tsveno72 5 місяців тому +9

      I enjoyed the part in the beginning because I like Mamet but I didn’t want others to miss his thoughts on President Trump.

    • @zenlandzipline
      @zenlandzipline 5 місяців тому +1

      @@tsveno72he’s either lying or just flat out wrong when he said Trump made us an exporter of energy.
      We had massive oil exports under Obama. Look it up before you comment.

    • @tsveno72
      @tsveno72 5 місяців тому +2

      @@zenlandzipline ok. Will do. Never be afraid to learn. Thanks.

  • @zilefn9212
    @zilefn9212 5 місяців тому +55

    Mamet is a terrific playwright and 100% right about our current civil, cultural, political and religious turmoils. "Who gets to say what is hate speech?" A very old question, going back to Juvenal - "quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" And never more acutely asked than now.

    • @ClownCarCoup
      @ClownCarCoup 5 місяців тому

      didn’t he say the opposite of this? 23:02

    • @rhshrimpton
      @rhshrimpton 5 місяців тому +6

      @@ClownCarCoup I believe his point was that IF people are going to acknowledge such a thing as "hate speech", then surely calling for any group's genocide should qualify. He wasn't approving of the idea of hate speech; he was pointing out hypocrisy in its application.

    • @ClownCarCoup
      @ClownCarCoup 5 місяців тому +1

      @@rhshrimpton perhaps he shouldn’t equate the chant “river to sea” as hate speech, which he clearly does here. If that was his point he could make it w/o lying that anyone was chanting “death to jews”. no one was chanting that on campus .

    • @rhshrimpton
      @rhshrimpton 5 місяців тому +2

      @@ClownCarCoup There is plenty of video footage to the contrary.

    • @ClownCarCoup
      @ClownCarCoup 5 місяців тому +1

      @@rhshrimpton not at the ivy league schools he was referring to here. The problem is, like many Zionists, he equates that phrase to mean eliminate Jews when it was used to mean eliminate the Jewish state . anti Zionism is not anti Semitism, which is what he is saying.
      If he was really saying “who gets to say want hate speech is?”, like the OP contends here, then Mamet would _not_ have a problem with this phrase being used or the Ivy presidents refusing to condemn this free speech on their campuses. Clearly he has a problem with this speech

  • @arthurw8054
    @arthurw8054 5 місяців тому +46

    Mamet is a genius, and his survey of our postmodern cultural scene is spot-on. Thank you.

    • @richg2881
      @richg2881 5 місяців тому +2

      He is as crazy as Trump.

    • @joce11
      @joce11 5 місяців тому +6

      ​@@richg2881Just like everyone else who doesn't support your views.

    • @marshalmcdonald7476
      @marshalmcdonald7476 5 місяців тому +1

      Nice. Spot on.@@joce11

    • @jimpollard113
      @jimpollard113 5 місяців тому +2

      @@richg2881 A truly low-quality comment.

  • @kensears5099
    @kensears5099 5 місяців тому +5

    I grew out of movies decades ago.

  • @tsveno72
    @tsveno72 5 місяців тому +27

    David Mamet’s book “The Secret Knowledge” is a worthy read.

    • @pugsymalone6539
      @pugsymalone6539 4 місяці тому

      Absolutely! It should be read by anyone who thinks communism is good, and everyone who isn't sure that America has a communism problem.

    • @sealisa1398
      @sealisa1398 4 місяці тому

      I read it years ago..surprising for me.

  • @fb7876
    @fb7876 5 місяців тому +8

    How can I focus with this beautiful host;-)

  • @christinedumas6193
    @christinedumas6193 4 місяці тому +3

    Wow i am so happy that i listen to you Sir. Thank you from Québec Canada ❤

  • @VincentFulco
    @VincentFulco 5 місяців тому +8

    He's a genius in so many ways

  • @huckfinn301
    @huckfinn301 5 місяців тому +18

    Wow. I love Mamet movies. I didn’t know I love Mamet politics. I do!

  • @malikashiqui
    @malikashiqui 5 місяців тому +25

    Mamet’s appreciation of Patrick O’Brian on his passing years back was illuminating. It led me to read the whole Aubrey-Maturin series, which changed my life. Thank you for that, for your stories, for your political and cultural commentary, for your anger, and for your honesty.

  • @jong.7944
    @jong.7944 5 місяців тому +27

    It's so refreshing to hear someone just speak a lot of common sense like this and without a single f- given as to political correctness.

  • @fs960
    @fs960 5 місяців тому +38

    The Mainstream Media seriously needs to be addressed and overhauled for the damage to society its causing across the western world. Thank you Mr Mamet (love your book True and False btw), and thank you Unherd.
    Reply

    • @pod8234
      @pod8234 5 місяців тому +2

      Thank you for this comment, a clarion call should go out across the globe SHUT THEM DOWN.

  • @DeplorableJoe
    @DeplorableJoe 5 місяців тому +2

    We only need about 100 more David Mamets

  • @auggiemarsh8682
    @auggiemarsh8682 5 місяців тому +6

    Damn, I love how he lays waist to the A-holes lefties in Hollywood

    • @PeterOzanne
      @PeterOzanne 5 місяців тому

      I love it how he makes himself look like a total fool by believing in the Trump-cult propaganda. Sad.

    • @user-ys1jq6kr8z
      @user-ys1jq6kr8z 4 місяці тому +1

      '..lays _waste_ to..'

  • @roberttuss5349
    @roberttuss5349 5 місяців тому +22

    Mamet writes wonderful plays and screen plays. Fascinating interview with a genius.

  • @user-dv7wr3pz9c
    @user-dv7wr3pz9c 4 місяці тому +2

    You know a David Mamet script the minute the dialogue kicks in. It dances to its own rhythm 🙏🇺🇸 ditto everything he says 👏👏

    • @sealisa1398
      @sealisa1398 4 місяці тому

      Also I’ve noticed a repetition of sentences and phrases in the dialog. “The Verdict” is a all time favorite

  • @tristandecunha434
    @tristandecunha434 5 місяців тому +7

    It’s nice to hear common sense and the truth, for a change.

  • @rhwinner
    @rhwinner 5 місяців тому +13

    This deserves a million views.

  • @michaelligue3842
    @michaelligue3842 5 місяців тому +3

    Fantastic interview of one of America's greatest playwrights . He tells the truth during this conversation and I love it .

  • @willmercury
    @willmercury 5 місяців тому +19

    Brilliant. Best conversation I've heard in far too long.

  • @kevinmolloy4356
    @kevinmolloy4356 5 місяців тому +7

    great interview, with someone who just happens to be a bloody wonderful writer too.

  • @GlobeHackers
    @GlobeHackers 5 місяців тому +9

    I'm a big fan of Mamet's work. He makes some points here that mustn't be ignored regardless of how you might feel about it.

  • @kkkevan
    @kkkevan 5 місяців тому +54

    So wonderful to hear such sense. And lets hope Trump wins.

    • @Tavat
      @Tavat 5 місяців тому +5

      The world and all intelligent Americans hope he doesn’t.

    • @kkkevan
      @kkkevan 5 місяців тому +7

      @@Tavat Well, shortly we will know. So let's hope the unintellegent are victorious.

    • @robertholland7558
      @robertholland7558 5 місяців тому +6

      @@Tavatand you clearly do not speak for the intelligent!

    • @MegaWilderness
      @MegaWilderness 5 місяців тому

      Only those that believe a pussy-groping, raping, whoring, adulterous orange fraudster is worth idolising

    • @lindaflesch7303
      @lindaflesch7303 4 місяці тому

      REPUBLICANS...Have you read PROJECT 2025??

  • @artmonk8576
    @artmonk8576 5 місяців тому +13

    One of the great pleasures left us is the rich history the Hollywood of the 30s, 40s and even 50s has left us to escape into.

    • @egverlander
      @egverlander 5 місяців тому

      99% of modern Hollywood is literally effluent.

  • @rhwinner
    @rhwinner 5 місяців тому +11

    Great interview. You don't need the click bait title because the content stands on its own.

  • @janmariolle
    @janmariolle 5 місяців тому +7

    Nice work presenting this interview. I throughly enjoyed it. Thank you.

  • @theglanconer6463
    @theglanconer6463 5 місяців тому +4

    This was a brilliant interview/talk. Thank you very much. Much appreciated.

  • @turkmusik
    @turkmusik 5 місяців тому +8

    He seems to have the Hollywood vice of thinking that because you are in the movies you know something about anything else

    • @PeterOzanne
      @PeterOzanne 5 місяців тому +2

      Spot on. I'm often totally shocked how naive such a supposedly intelligent person can be - but then, there were a lot of cases like that in Germany in the 30's, and in most powerful countries people often believe the utter bs of those in power.

  • @eaglesrule1415
    @eaglesrule1415 5 місяців тому +6

    Great interview. A little hope in these bleak times. People are getting it. Hopefully not too little too late. Nice to see different perspectives in these dogmatic times. Great job.

  • @jonnyfranz
    @jonnyfranz 5 місяців тому +5

    What I love most about the world is to see different cultures and how they have evolved over the centuries. It makes this planet magical. How different societies find new ways to solve their own problems and live their lives. I love the diversity of this world. But how do cultures become unique? Through periods of isolation, because we naturally stick together and form smaller groups. And although migration always occurred and wars always merged two cultures, those periods of isolation were longer. Globalism is the opposite of diversity. It is dilution of a culture by centralized power who claims to know the right way of living their lives. So, for those who support diversity and inclusion, if you also support globalism and the WEF, you are actually killing diversity over time. Those two don’t go together. I do not support a path to a one world civilization, poor of culture, replaced values, weak and mediocre. A lot of us questioned the importance of tradition and classical education. Now I see why. The world without them becomes so weak and vulnerable. Yes to free enterprise and no monopoly, where trade becomes the true diplomacy and the reason why we dont kill one another despite our differences. We are dealing with a global mafia now…

    • @CLCL748
      @CLCL748 5 місяців тому

      Great comment!

  • @allisonleighandrews8495
    @allisonleighandrews8495 5 місяців тому +4

    What a treat this was to watch. Thank you!

  • @kennethanderson8827
    @kennethanderson8827 5 місяців тому +14

    God Bless David Mamet, Courage, and all who stand up for Truth. Virtue- real virtue- needs not only his voice, but all who align with him. As a former knee-jerk Democrat voter from the fallen state of California, I say we continue as consumers of entertainment to use our discernment, and power of the purse to accelerate the demise of Hollywood. Eventually- or perhaps, quickly- that odious Gomorrah will be replaced. Smiley face emoji

  • @gl5616
    @gl5616 5 місяців тому +10

    With David Mamet's arguments, rational and down to earth statements.

  • @tallard666
    @tallard666 5 місяців тому +23

    Good grief, you guys didn't watch that movie to think that about Sound of Freedom. The film was no different from any other film in Hollywood. The acting was good. The production was good. NOT GREAT, just good. There was no religion in this movie, less than most Hollywood movies. So there's was really no reason at all for her to call it a right wing movie. Rescuing kids from kidnappers is not "right wing", and it was based off of a real story.

    • @deavman
      @deavman 5 місяців тому

      She didn't call it a right wing movie, she said that the insane left calls it so in order to discount its value

    • @dongkhamet1351
      @dongkhamet1351 5 місяців тому +5

      I think Mamet is pointing to the movie's non-Hollywood funding and production as well as the intended audience.

    • @tallard666
      @tallard666 5 місяців тому

      @@dongkhamet1351 ALL Hollywood funding is suspect! A bunch of it is CIA money! and with the amount of Jewish money in the industry, there should be no qualms about other money in this industry.
      But she obviously did not watch the film at all. I'm a full on leftist, and I enjoyed it just fine.
      People need to stop talking shit.
      I really do generally like her, but here she failed.

    • @waynecristaudo7220
      @waynecristaudo7220 5 місяців тому

      Not disagreeing, but I think she was deliberately repeating what the mainstream said - though it seems she has not seen the movie. The bit they skated over was how a movie about sex trafficking of children could be - and was - framed as right wing by liberal media/ critics.

    • @lindaflesch7303
      @lindaflesch7303 Місяць тому

      It was only slightly true

  • @ChrisTopher-vs9zz
    @ChrisTopher-vs9zz 5 місяців тому +21

    I'm (happily!) STUNNED. I did not know that a "Jew" like this existed in ... Hollyweird. Yes I am Jewish and SUPER-MAGA! ... Listening to Mr. Mamet has been INSPIRING! (now if i could only get my two Jewish sisters to understand that is this NOT the democrat party of JFK and LBK ... anymore!)

  • @vintagetrikesandquads4012
    @vintagetrikesandquads4012 4 місяці тому +2

    Interesting conversation. Older guys like Mamet have the advantage of historical perspective on the moment. It's a shame Hollywood has become so illiberal.

  • @kyuhotae6410
    @kyuhotae6410 4 місяці тому +1

    I really respect this gentleman for his courage and candor!

  • @frankievalentine6112
    @frankievalentine6112 5 місяців тому +5

    Who else here to see if he talks in Mamet-speak? 😆

  • @brendansherlock6442
    @brendansherlock6442 5 місяців тому +24

    Hate is a human emotion, felt by the human, just like love or any other. To express an emotion felt cannot be a crime. To act on a feeling resulting in true physical harm, is already a crime. Free speech, all speech, and from that we see the thoughts and potential intentions of other humans. Whether they act on them is an entirely different thing

    • @caseyhart4406
      @caseyhart4406 5 місяців тому +2

      Well said.

    • @kreek22
      @kreek22 5 місяців тому

      "Hate crimes" were invented by the ruling class to deter those motives for crime that particularly offend either the sensibilities or the security of the ruling class. The Soviets and Nazis also had "hate crimes." Free nations do not have such a classification. In America they were first imposed in the 1960s, the decade when America as a free nation ended.

  • @ContinentsEdge
    @ContinentsEdge 4 місяці тому +2

    Thank you David Mamet!!! Oh how I hope you correct in your predictions! Bless you.

  • @jp5419
    @jp5419 4 місяці тому +5

    What a breath of fresh air.
    We need more outspoken truth tellers like him. Thanks UnHerd.

  • @jginda1
    @jginda1 5 місяців тому +11

    I had no idea Mamet was such a beast! I am surprised… 🤜🏼🤛🏼

  • @jeremiahmacclure
    @jeremiahmacclure 5 місяців тому +11

    David Mamet is an American treasure. The "brainless whores" description of critics got me. I've always dismissed the opinions of critics.

  • @claygirlcan
    @claygirlcan 4 місяці тому +1

    David Mamet speaks from his mind and clarity from experience. He is allowed to err or be on point because he is honest. These are the thinkers we need now. Everyone else is not even trying at all. Shame on us for our lack of courage. Truth will win, and the battle begins in our minds & hearts. Thanks for posting this!!

  • @russellsmith3503
    @russellsmith3503 3 місяці тому

    It's refreshing to hear someone speak their mind without self-censoring.

  • @DF-ss5ep
    @DF-ss5ep 5 місяців тому +5

    This woman is extremely beautiful

  • @rhshrimpton
    @rhshrimpton 5 місяців тому +11

    Fascinating interview - thank you, Unherd! Mamet pulls no punches. Interesting to see the anti-Mamet trolls popping up in the comments.

    • @michstockholm1164
      @michstockholm1164 5 місяців тому +2

      Ohh, he's a great story teller. He should work as a spin doctor for Netanyahu. Or maybe he already does. My bad.

    • @joce11
      @joce11 5 місяців тому

      ​@@michstockholm1164Triggered much? LMFAO 😂

    • @michstockholm1164
      @michstockholm1164 5 місяців тому +2

      @@joce11 I tend to be a bit triggered when arrogant, privileged idiots, whose children live in luxury, apologise massacre of other, poor children. I'm strange that way. How are you?

    • @PeterOzanne
      @PeterOzanne 5 місяців тому +3

      @@michstockholm1164 I agree he should stick to what he does best. I am often shocked by the ignorance of supposedly highly intelligent Trump supporters, like "Frasier" and John Voigt. They seem selectively blind to all Trump's many faults, and cultishly believe in some mythical "good things" he's supposed to have done. God help us all!

    • @PeterOzanne
      @PeterOzanne 5 місяців тому

      @@joce11 Cult member much? LMFAO 🙂

  • @dannoringer
    @dannoringer 4 місяці тому +1

    I love this guy. Such honesty. I can relate with this man.

  • @davidrichards4758
    @davidrichards4758 5 місяців тому +1

    I don’t even know this man , it was a great conversation you had with him . I’m going to look up his work . Outstanding back and forth , what he said is so true 👍👍

  • @Truthinshredding1
    @Truthinshredding1 5 місяців тому +4

    terrible interview, you're supposed to question the responses.

  • @user-gp4ce9fr8v
    @user-gp4ce9fr8v 4 місяці тому +1

    David Mamet is my new hero. He is smart and funny. He is also a great teacher. I took his master class. It was a zen experience. I know whereof I speak. I am a China scholar

  • @jimlaguardia8185
    @jimlaguardia8185 4 місяці тому +1

    Wow! David is so candid. How refreshing!

  • @maxheadrom3088
    @maxheadrom3088 5 місяців тому +8

    David Mamet has a really important book about playwriting and politics: The Three Uses Of The Knife.

  • @richardlindquist5936
    @richardlindquist5936 5 місяців тому +10

    Great guest, great interview. Thanks.

  • @joymychoice
    @joymychoice 5 місяців тому +2

    Thank you!! This conversation was refreshing as commonsense & truth always are!!! 👏🏼👏🏼

  • @user-kx5ik1qs5y
    @user-kx5ik1qs5y 4 місяці тому +1

    Brilliant interview, enjoyed every bit of it...intelligent throughout! First time i heard of him, will look into his books. I love intelligent conversation...what a talent!

  • @iRunKids
    @iRunKids 5 місяців тому +6

    Absolute legend, amazing interview, reading David Mamet’s Three Uses of the Knife changed how I see the world, I give copies to people I care about so they can understand how narrative and stories shape the way we understand the world and communicate with each other.

    • @beuller7
      @beuller7 5 місяців тому

      Check out his book True and False if you haven’t already. Outstanding. Changed my life.

  • @ScorpoSangs-ud2os
    @ScorpoSangs-ud2os 5 місяців тому +5

    All Americans for Trump
    Whole World for Trump 202428

  • @myradtrust
    @myradtrust 4 місяці тому

    The interviewer’s questions were very mainstream and the she must have had a reality check as she did not confirm or deny anything. I am an actor, writer and director in Community Theatre who supports a family by teaching school kids day to day. Rarely do I hear or see theatre that grapples with our modern society in Australia 🇦🇺 or modern democracies. Most, if not all the mainstream practitioners and critics say how wonderful the shows are because they get kickbacks like Mamet says. Thanks for letting Mamet run his mouth in an unconventional manner.😮😊

  • @anotherabeer4341
    @anotherabeer4341 5 місяців тому +2

    Excellent interview. He has intelligent insights and she let him speak.

  • @James1m2n3
    @James1m2n3 5 місяців тому +3

    great back and forth between these two minds.

    • @williamroberts8646
      @williamroberts8646 4 місяці тому

      What back and forth? It could have simply and just as easily been presented as a monologue

    • @williamroberts8646
      @williamroberts8646 4 місяці тому

      and a great one I might add

  • @Appleblade
    @Appleblade 5 місяців тому +3

    28:01 till 30:05 would make a great Trump ad.

  • @roxiecariere5713
    @roxiecariere5713 5 місяців тому +1

    I agree with Mr. Mamet 💯%👍👍

  • @benthornhill7903
    @benthornhill7903 5 місяців тому +3

    I'd like to think the US is not that stupid.

    • @user-ys1jq6kr8z
      @user-ys1jq6kr8z 4 місяці тому

      We'd all _like to think _*_your_*_ not that stupid_ .

  • @scottpowers43
    @scottpowers43 5 місяців тому +8

    Gotta love a man who is his own man. More of this.

  • @andrewrees7938
    @andrewrees7938 4 місяці тому

    Great job interviewing one of my favorites. First-time watcher, but I will be looking for other content on unheard and in particular if you are the host. I'm Keen to raise my daughter to be intelligent, aware, and well spoken. You're a fine example, truly. From across the pond, cheers!

  • @gary.haynes
    @gary.haynes 4 місяці тому +1

    Great interview, on both sides. Well worth my 43 minutes.

  • @just_another32
    @just_another32 5 місяців тому +3

    Dog my cats. Dog my cats, indeed!

  • @blackbird5634
    @blackbird5634 5 місяців тому +3

    Prof Lichtman predicts Biden over Trump, so I really can't be bothered with Mamet's guesses and gut feelings about the upcoming election. Lichtman's been right for 40 years.

    • @robertmadison1205
      @robertmadison1205 3 місяці тому

      It wasnt just about predictions; he was giving reasons. Meanwhile, what did you contribute? Well, my guy says...

    • @blackbird5634
      @blackbird5634 3 місяці тому

      @@robertmadison1205 And yet it is presented as a prediction. I moved to Vermont in 2016 to support Bernie Sanders with my tax dollars as well as at the polls. So, that's what I did to contribute.
      You?

    • @robertmadison1205
      @robertmadison1205 3 місяці тому

      @@blackbird5634 I am not talking about our personal lives. I am a HS teacher, so I have done my share of contributing. What I mean is, you focused on the horse race, not the content.

  • @BauAuslese
    @BauAuslese 5 місяців тому +2

    Nicely flowing conversation with an interesting personality. Thank you.

  • @mobiuspaw494
    @mobiuspaw494 4 місяці тому +1

    Excellent interview.
    Love this man so much !

  • @maria369
    @maria369 5 місяців тому +8

    TRUMP 2024 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
    LET'S GO 💪🏻

    • @lnsightsonlife
      @lnsightsonlife 5 місяців тому +4

      Trump2024 !!!👍😄

    • @PeterOzanne
      @PeterOzanne 5 місяців тому

      Your saying "um.. um... um". You're not sure 🙂

  • @StroganoffwithClusterbombs
    @StroganoffwithClusterbombs 5 місяців тому +4

    I love this famous Jewish humor that makes your mind wonder - especially when its performed in Gaza…

    • @joce11
      @joce11 5 місяців тому

      Why? Because he's Jewish? I like to think even non-jewish people have a sense of humour.

    • @sanniepstein4835
      @sanniepstein4835 5 місяців тому

      Do you care about any suffering you havent been told to by the MSM?
      The ongoing genocide of African Christians, for example?