David Mamet’s Political Comedy: November
Elite Theatre (Oxnard, CA)
After writing Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow, the great dramatist David Mamet has come up with something completely surprising: a comedy! Mamet sinks all his considerable verbal skill into skewering the current political scene in November. It’s November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith’s chances for re-election are looking grim. Though his staff has thrown in the towel and his wife has begun to prepare for life after the White House, Chuck isn’t ready to give up just yet. Amidst the biggest fight of his political career, the president has to find time to pardon a couple of Thanksgiving turkeys, and this PR stunt inspires Smith to risk everything in attempt to win back public support. Get ready to crouch in your seats as zingers will fly during Mamet’s scathing, hilarious and darkly brilliant November.
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