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" Why is being a female having an agenda any more than being a misogynist - which David Mamet most certainly is? "
Theresa Rebeck
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" Not so long ago, my feminist education taught me to ask the question, 'Is the gaze male?' The answer, apparently, is yes, which is why so many movies and television shows are about men and not women. "
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" The ridiculous way that workplace politics are conducted completely gets in the way of excellence in America. "
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" I seem to be constantly confronted by theater professionals who are more or less annoyed by the prospect of structure. "
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" Because I'm an American woman, and I write straight plays, it's always been sort of assumed I would never be done on Broadway. But that was never the goal. "
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" I think new plays are vastly more surprising and challenging and inspiring; I hear from audiences all the time that they are delighted when they see plays about the world we live in now, at this moment. "
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" It's so funny, I'm always stealing from Moliere, and nobody ever notices. I steal from him willy-nilly. "
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