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Recessional, the death of free speech and the cost of the free lunch, David Mamet

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Recessional, the death of free speech and the cost of the free lunch, David Mamet

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eng

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Recessional

Responsibility statement

David Mamet

Sub title

the death of free speech and the cost of the free lunch

Summary

The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, who wrote the classic films THE VERDICT and WAG THE DOG sounds his alarm about the Visigoths at our gates. In RECESSIONAL he calls out, skewers, mocks, and, most importantly, dissects the virus of conformity which is now an existential threat to the West. A broad-ranging journey through history, the Bible, and literature, RECESSIONAL examines how politics and cultural attitudes about rebellion have shifted in the United States in the last generation. By screaming down freedom of thought and expression, Mamet explains, we kill invention and democracy the foundations of security and growth. A wickedly funny, wistful and wry appeal to the free-thinking citizen, RECESSIONAL is a vital warning that if we don't confront the cultural thuggery now, the commissars and their dupes will transform the Land of the Free into the dictatorship at which they aim

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The fountain pen -- Cause and effect -- Reds, pinks, and goo-goos -- What's in a name -- Pippa passes -- King Kong -- Some (mainly) musical revelations -- Two hangings -- Various discoveries -- Farther along; or, The accident chain -- On the passivity of Jews -- Bruno Bettelheim and the broke-down cowboy: two American stories -- Attention must be paid -- Experts and oligarchs -- Slave lessons -- Belinda Raguesto returns from Switzerland -- Hamlet and Oedipus meet the zombies -- A message from Schpershevski -- Chelm; or, No arrest for the wicked -- Some linguistic curiosities -- The Nazis got your mom -- Demotic, a confession -- Grief and wisdom -- Time travel -- Moby Dick -- Real live -- Rainy day fun for shut-ins: Xmas 2020 -- Give my regrets to Broadway -- Broadway -- Gags -- Humility -- Max the hamster -- Disons le mot -- Art, time, and the madness of the old -- Tug-of-peace -- The awl through the ear -- Goodnight, Irene -- Recessional

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Death of free speech and the cost of the free lunch

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