Comparing Mamet's The Screenplay And The State Fair
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In his essay The Screenplay and the State Fair, David Mamet criticizes the profit based production, of drama in Hollywood and pop-culture. He describes mainstream movies as systematic, planned, and inauthentic. He even goes so far as to claim, Hollywood movies are no longer drama, but instead are advertisements. Mamet sets out to defy the status quo of Hollywood dramas by creating organic plots that do not follow an obviously scripted, or charted path. Due to Mamet’s organic plots, the resolution of his story’s often feel unsatisfactory, and at times, disappointing because they are not what the reader wants or expects. His creations keep his readers on their toes, and frequently leaves them feeling surprised and confused. His technique however, …show more content…
The student, Carol goes to Professor John’s office after class to ask for help because she does not understand the material. They talk back and forth, John promises Carol and A in the class if she returns to discuss class material with him and he leaves for home to celebrate a possible promotion. The next day, he learns Carol charged him with sexual harassment and invites her back to his office to try and quietly fix the damage her complaint has wreaked on his career. Their conversation causes him to aggressively grab her shoulders when she tries to leave his office. The next day, John is packing up his office because he is suspended. As he is packing he is having a conversation with his wife over the phone. During the conversation he calls his wife the pet name ‘baby’. Carol overhears and demands that John never call his wife that again. John is pushed over the edge and starts physically and verbally abusing her. He goes so far as to pick up a wooden chair and holds it above his head ready to harm Carol, until he realizes what he has done. The play ends with both of them in his office, frozen in shock, over the violent
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how david mamet criticizes the profit-based production of drama in hollywood and pop-culture by creating organic plots that do not follow an obviously scripted path.
- Analyzes how house of cards is about the exchange between psychologist dr. ford and a con artist named mike.
- Analyzes how a scripted version of the story would allow dr. ford to exact revenge on mike by retrieving her money from the con man, and sending him to jail.
- Analyzes how david mamet criticizes the profit-based production of drama in hollywood and pop-culture by creating organic plots that do not follow an obviously scripted path.
- Analyzes how house of cards is about the exchange between psychologist dr. ford and a con artist named mike.
- Analyzes how a scripted version of the story would allow dr. ford to exact revenge on mike by retrieving her money from the con man, and sending him to jail.
- Analyzes how mamet's oleanna is about the exchange between a male professor and one of his female students.
- Analyzes how mamet refuses to follow a schematic progression of plot, if he had, his conclusion would have resolved neatly, with one character being the clear victor over the other.
- Analyzes how mamet rebels against typical hollywood drama by creating organic storylines that do not follow a schematic formula. oleanna and house of cards resist the status quo of modern drama while capturing the interest of its readers.
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- Analyzes how david mamet presents the characters with a sense of desperation and determination in "glengarry glen ross".
- Analyzes how the use of dialogue is essential to the representation of the characters and their conflicts in "glengarry glen ross".
- Analyzes how the dialogue between moss and aaronow merely displays how dialogue is manipulated to gain power and authority over others.
- Analyzes how mamet creates a tone of desperation and determination to illuminate the despondent and frantic side of humanity when vulnerable to serious consequences.
- Analyzes how mamet uses this tone to show how desperate people can get when the stakes are so high. levene and roma's tone shows how people will do whatever it takes to make it in the world.
- Analyzes how dialogue and tone are utilized simultaneously throughout the play to show how the sales men will do whatever it takes to reach their goals.
- Cites browne, terry, and worster, david. "how to do things with salesmen: david mamet's speech-act play".
933 wordsRead More - David Fincher Analysisanalytical essay“Entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine, some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything’s okay. I don’t make those kinds of movies. That, to me, is a lie. Everything’s not okay.” - David Fincher. David Fincher is the director that I am choosing to homage for a number of reasons. I personally find his movies to be some of the deepest, most well made, and beautiful films in recent memory. However it is Fincher’s take on story telling and filmmaking in general that causes me to admire his films so much. This quote exemplifies that, and is something that I whole-heartedly agree with. I am and have always been extremely opinionated and open about my views on the world and I believe that artists have a responsibility to do what they can with their art to help improve the culture that they are helping to create. In this paper I will try to outline exactly how Fincher creates the masterpieces that he does and what I can take from that and apply to my films.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that it is david fincher's take on story telling and filmmaking that causes them to admire his films. they believe artists have a responsibility to do what they can with their art to help improve the culture.
- Analyzes how david fincher's films share stylistic similarities in narrative and story more than any other way.
- Explains that david fincher's characters are important in deciphering his film’s distinct style. he gives his antagonists clear and believable motives, which most of the time the audience can relate and even agree with.
- Opines that it is david fincher's take on story telling and filmmaking that causes them to admire his films. they believe artists have a responsibility to do what they can with their art to help improve the culture.
- Analyzes how david fincher's films share stylistic similarities in narrative and story more than any other way.
- Explains that david fincher's characters are important in deciphering his film’s distinct style. he gives his antagonists clear and believable motives, which most of the time the audience can relate and even agree with.
- Analyzes how david fincher borrows heavily from the noir genre in his early films. he uses blues and teal grays to give the slower story-driving scenes a feeling of coolness.
- Analyzes how fincher's aural style is defined by the soundtracks of trent reznor and atticus ross.
1235 wordsRead More - Modernism Essayanalytical essayModernism and Postmodernism are movements that sought to break free from traditional ways of thinking. Each movement offers its own unique characteristics that separate them from one another. Miller’s essay on tragedy where he gives his ideas on why the common man is just as worthy as being viewed as a tragic hero, help readers identify Willy Loman as a tragic hero. When readers read Miller’s play, they can associate his work as a work of Modernism. Mamet’s play, on the other hand, is a Postmodernism work due to the fact that it has no tragic hero, there is no tragedy present, it is just a play about a couple of salesmen and their everyday lives. There is no meaning to be searched for since Mamet makes no attempt to give one.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that modernism began in the early 1900's as a way to break from traditional thinking and move forward into new thinking about the ever-evolving world and its impact on society.
- Analyzes how professor klages' essay, "postmodernism," focuses on what aspects tragedy and tragic hero have in a modern world, as evidenced in arthur miller's tragedy and the common man.
- Analyzes how klages' paper on postmodernism celebrates fragmentation, provisionality, and incoherence. mamet's play, glengarry glen ross, offers a look at the lives of salesmen without offering to make any meaning of their lives.
- Explains that modernism began in the early 1900's as a way to break from traditional thinking and move forward into new thinking about the ever-evolving world and its impact on society.
- Analyzes how professor klages' essay, "postmodernism," focuses on what aspects tragedy and tragic hero have in a modern world, as evidenced in arthur miller's tragedy and the common man.
- Analyzes how klages' paper on postmodernism celebrates fragmentation, provisionality, and incoherence. mamet's play, glengarry glen ross, offers a look at the lives of salesmen without offering to make any meaning of their lives.
- Explains that modernism and postmodernist movements seek to break free from traditional ways of thinking. miller's essay on tragedy helps readers identify willy loman as a tragic hero.
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