perversity
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Mamet, 74, came to prominence in the 1970s with a series of plays including “Sexual Perversity in Chicago” and “American Buffalo.”
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2022
There’s much to admire about playwright MacAllister-McDonald’s knack for dialogue and inventive structure, with some simultaneous sequences that suggest David Mamet’s “Sexual Perversity in Chicago” gone bipolar.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2014
It will be directed by Lindsay Posner, who previously directed other Mamet plays including Oleanna, A Life in the Theatre and Sexual Perversity in Chicago.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2014
The cultural dilution of David Mamet’s “Sexual Perversity in Chicago” continues with “About Last Night,” an adaptation/remake with even less of the play’s DNA than the dreadful original film.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2014
Perversity, inconsistency—but it was her nature, and she could not overcome it.
From One Man in His Time by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
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