It’s a difficult thing to admit, but critic John Moore has come to the conclusion that he actively hates playwright David Mamet, the brilliant wordsmith responsible for some of the more provocative plays and film scripts of the last century. And Moore doesn’t deny Mamet’s skill or talent. He doesn’t even resort to the most frequent criticism of Mamet, that he is a barely-disguised misogynist. “I hate Mamet because he is so infuriatingly brilliant, and yet he has spent the majority of his career honing a peculiar, cruel adeptness for showing men and women at their most amoral and violent. His world is a vulgar wasteland devoid of ethics and compassion.”