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  <name><![CDATA[David Mamet]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[David Alan Mamet is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse, sometimes vulgar dialogue and arcane stylized phrasing, as well as for his exploration of masculinity.

As a playwright, he received Tony nominations for &lt;i&gt;Glengarry Glen Ross&lt;/i&gt; (1984) and &lt;i&gt;Speed-the-Plow&lt;/i&gt; (1988). As a screenwriter, he received Oscar nominations for &lt;i&gt;The Verdict&lt;/i&gt; (1982) and &lt;i&gt;Wag the Dog&lt;/i&gt; (1997).

His recent books include &lt;i&gt;The Old Religion&lt;/i&gt; (1997), a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank; &lt;i&gt;Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy&lt;/i&gt; (2004), a Torah commentary, with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner; &lt;i&gt;The Wicked Son&lt;/i&gt; (2006), a study of Jewish self-hatred and antisemitism; and &lt;i&gt;Bambi vs. Godzilla&lt;/i&gt;, an acerbic commentary on the movie business.
]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Chicago, Illinois</hometown>  <born_at>11/30/1947</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Glengarry Glen Ross]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.08</average_rating>
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  <published>1982</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Oleanna: A Play]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[David Mamet]]></name>
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  <published>1993</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[David Mamet]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.93</average_rating>
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  <published>1997</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Sexual Perversity in Chicago and the Duck Variations: Two Plays]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[David Mamet]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.52</average_rating>
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  <published>1977</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[American Buffalo]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[David Mamet]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.64</average_rating>
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  <published>1975</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Speed-the-Plow]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[David Mamet]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.73</average_rating>
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  <published>1988</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[On Directing Film]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[David Mamet]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.76</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>240</ratings_count>
  <published>1991</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.43</average_rating>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Writing in Restaurants: Essays and Prose]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[David Mamet]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.72</average_rating>
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  <published>1987</published>  
  
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