I'm not going to lie, I got really bored reading this play. I liked it, and the ideas David Mamet had put forth, but am just not very interested in this theme. I love Mamet's plays ( like Oleana), so I was very excited to become equated with this one. It was horrifying to see the relationships that exist in sales firms like the one here. It is such an ugly business, where everyone is for themselves only, doing anything to get ahead. They have to lie to their potential clients to make their money. Their world is based on manipulations and scams. Mamet explosively criticizes that sort of work ethics. But it is true that you have to be brutal and heartless in that industry. I know I would never be able to do that, because that goes against by personal moral code.
I agree that I got bored too. I would skim a couple lines here and there until something interesting was mentioned. I thought all a lot of the time they were just talking but not really saying anything. I get how Mamet was trying to expose the corruption in a sales firm though, and I give him points for that. He showed just how far people would go to make money, and how morals seemed to disappear in the process. I think the concept was great, but I don't like how he did it.
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