Mamet's plays are usually more interesting than this one. Take OLEANNA for example. Here we've got these 2 guys and a black boy, obvious losers from the start, who plan to burgle the house of a customer to retrieve a valuable coin. This was sold to him at what they now consider too low a price. But all they do is talk, and sometimes get a little violent with each other, especially with the black kid who seems to be double crossing them.
What is Mamet's purpose in all this? Is it his idea of a "film noir"? These guys are certainly losers, a prime requirement of that genre, but this play, and the film, is rather tedious despite the good cast work. I am an enthusiastic Mamet fan usually, but this one rather lost me.
Incidentally, the only "buffalo" nickel worth very much is the 1918 minting, with 8 stamped over the 7. In the 1960's it was listing at $160 in "fine" condition.
What is Mamet's purpose in all this? Is it his idea of a "film noir"? These guys are certainly losers, a prime requirement of that genre, but this play, and the film, is rather tedious despite the good cast work. I am an enthusiastic Mamet fan usually, but this one rather lost me.
Incidentally, the only "buffalo" nickel worth very much is the 1918 minting, with 8 stamped over the 7. In the 1960's it was listing at $160 in "fine" condition.