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With "Oleanna," writer and director David Mamet attempts to tackle the issue of sexual harassment. Choosing a college campus as his setting. Mamet only fans the fires of controversy. A film such as this must tread a difficult path to acceptance...
Everyone who sees "Oleanna" will have something to say about it. Indeed, it is one of the most engaging and thought-provoking films of the past year. Unfortunately, no one succeeds merely by taking risks, although in this film Mamet comes close. He should be praised for presenting a lucid, interesting piece on sexual harassment, but the praise should end there...
...just walked out of an eight-week NOW boot camp, she struts into his office with the utmost confidence. With her hair tied rigidly behind her head and wearing a dark suit, Carol looks nothing like the innocent girl she was before. She looks more like a postmodern witch. Mamet reaches his lowest point with this stereotypical view of women who press sexual harassment charges...
...including Beverly D'Angelo as the woman who left Vinnie for Carter and James Gammon as the disgraced racing official) huffs and puffs but can't blow any life into these windy three hours. Shepard's wordplay lacks the wit and profane poetry of more accomplished practitioners like David Mamet. Simpatico is both coy and lazy: it invites the audience to fill in the gaps, to look for meanings. No thanks...
...stars and prestige playwrights. This month Vanessa Redgrave opens in Vita and Virginia and the Joseph Papp Public Theater premieres Sam Shepard's Simpatico. In December the Public has a new Hal Prince musical, The Petrified Prince. January brings a trio of one-acters by Woody Allen, David Mamet and Elaine May. Neil Simon, a Broadway pillar for a third of a century, made news recently when he said that mainstem plays had become too expensive to produce. Now even he is off-Broadway bound...