David Mamet famously declared he had ceased to be a “brain dead liberal” back around the time of the 9/11 attacks. And the Left has been attacking him ever since. And since he is a playwright and a movie script writer that has had an enormous impact on his career and life.
Here Andrew Klavan talks to him about what that’s been like and why it’s okay. I find it interesting to hear how those on the inside of the matrix describe the process of being attacked by the antibodies of the collective. It’s like an autoimmune disease or more closely it’s as if these people have become cancer cells and have now been detected by the immune system.
Toward the end Mamet speaks very enthusiastically about what will be happening while Hollywood is dying. “You don’t need a lot of money to make a movie. You need a phone and a good idea.” I find that very hopeful.