Snark, Critic and Pop!

This past Thursday, I did something bizarre – I saw a “play.”  For those unfamiliar, plays are like movies that take place not on a giant screen.  Still with me?  The play is Race, by Pulitzer prize winning playwright David Mamet, put on in CAST (Carolina Actors Studio Theatre) Charlotte, North Carolina.  You know it’s art, because they spell “theater” as “theatre“! 

But what to say about the play?  This being a Mamet play, you know there are lots of pithy dialogue and plenty of swear words.  For those unaware, David Mamet is the terrific writer  behind Glengarry Glen Ross and some great movies like the Untouchables, Ronin, Spartan, Redbelt, and the Edge. (continue reading…)