MAMET DOES NOT IN THE WHITE Author: David Mamet. Dir: Juan Carlos Rubio. Cast: Toni Cantó, Emilio Buale, Bernabe Rico, Montse Pla. Scenic Area: Ana Garay. Slaughterhouse- Ships from English. Madrid, 14-XII-2010.
Are we all racist? "What are the most unexpected ways to ourselves? "Breeds" penultimate challenge of David Mamet, is the boast of a Trileros speak on social conflict more deeply entrenched in the U.S. skin, of his color. And, in passing, hit a look at the judicial system.
Mamet, a skilled 'hooligan' in the script (at times, this drama looks like a TV series attorneys), is about the rhythm of "Glengarry Glen Ross" without achieving his genius. Victory, "Breeds", premiered on Broadway last year, launches stabs of humor in a dramatic message: yes, America is racist. And not only are white with black, also black with black, black with white, black with white ... Uff, too, even for Mamet, who looks like a crazed sniper atop a tower overlooking the entire country. What is the final message?
Still, in aggressiveness and the vertigo of the dialogues there are flashes of talent: a pronoun in the middle of a verbal test, which the modesty of a prejudiced jury would not accept alienated, become a violation in a consensual act. It is no coincidence that the most juicy, lawyers and partners interracial Jack Lawson and Henry Brown, hold function: Mamet agrees with them in their skepticism about affirmative action.
Maybe that's why Toni Cantó and Emilio Buale brilliant especially the first, with the charm of fine-cheats above a Bernabé Rico need more intensity, accused of raping her a black is hardly a "McGuffin" in the workshop of a skilled puppeteer in smokescreens like Mamet-and Montse Pla who defends dignity to dance with the "ugly", a fellow who is pure prejudice. The cold modernity of open terrain Ana Garay, who introduces us to a design firm, and the baton of Juan Carlos Rubio attacked, too anger where it could be something more than irony and play, contribute, along with the uneven text, that "Race" is a cool feature but not a memorable work.
Photo: Sergio Parra
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