Episode 898 - David Mamet
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
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Is It Politically Irresponsible to Do This?
"I like to amuse myself, I really don't get such a kick out of pushing people's buttons," he says. "So Hemingway said, you know, write them like you see them in the hell with it." The play Olliana has been controversial since its first performance at Harvard Square last year. A young woman from his theater class told him not to do this play: "Don't you think it's politically irresponsible?" He had no idea that any play could be quote politically irresponsible.
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