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Romance

Written by: David Mamet
Narrated by: Fred Willard,Ed Begley Jr.,Gordon Clapp
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In this outrageous new comedy, playwright Mamet skewers everything from sexuality to the justice system to world peace. In a world where nothing is as it seems, prepare to be offended!
(P)2007 L.A. Theater Works
Drama & Plays World Literature Entertainment & Performing Arts
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  • A. Redwine
  • 2022-04-10

Laugh out loud funny!

I'm not sure I understood all the nuances but anyway I found it hilarious. I miss being able to laugh at the absurdity of racism and ignorance and all the stuff cancel culture is taking away. And those actors...I mean...they're among the best ever!

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  • EAlex
  • 2021-05-24

Awful! Could I get a REFUND?

First, let me say that I consider Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross a 20th century masterpiece. However this was dreck! I don’t mind that Mamet gleefully relished being politically incorrect and offensive. It just wasn’t funny--AT ALL! The humor was just plain silly, stupid, crass cornball. Yes, the comic timing was great and I loved hearing the late, great Fred Willard but it just felt that Mamet was just having some fun seeing how disgustingly offensive he could be. I have seen old Hee Haw shows that were more sophisticated and searing in their wit. Waste of money!

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  • Robert
  • 2013-05-16

A funny play but a rather forgetable work

I will say this I laughed lots during Romance and the play is definitely not for the politically correct but I was a bit taken aback that a great dramatist like Mamet would write such a silly and entertaining play with no substance that I could find.

Mamet has written some great comedies (Speed the Plow) but this is one of the only works I can think of that exists solely to be silly and make the audience laugh. The play is bordering on absurdist in ths structure and dialog but I could not really irk out a real theme or point in this work.

There is mention of justice, arab/jew/christian relations, and sexuality but I am not sure how Mamet wanted to tie those ends together. But as a whole a real funny (if empty calorie) play.

The highlight is Fred Willard (Best in Show) as the judge with a bad case of hay fever.