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Originally Posted by Revolution
The real problem with this thread is that people fail to distinguish between "political liberal," and "social liberal." I have no doubt that Mamet retains his socially liberal positions e.g., gay rights, whatever. But he has, somewhat, altered his politically liberal positions, such as whether "big government," as represented, for example, by LB Johnson's "great society," war on poverty, etc. He now seems to favor smaller government. In essence, he has come closer not to being a conservative, but a libertarian.
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Mamet is a hardline pro-Israel conservative (he's jewish). Just watch his interviews on CharlieRose.com. So his comments on NPR=National Palestinian Radio is no suprise.
That said, Glengarry Glen Ross is one of my favorite movies and I really enjoyed the movie Spartan. I'll be watching Redbelt soon only because of Mamet