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...Brian is also a shameless wag, who early in the series has the hulking Aubrey escape overland from the French disguised as a dancing bear, led by Maturin as bear trainer, and who is not above calling a ferocious Spanish xebec-frigate defeated by Aubrey the Cacafuego, which means exactly what first-year Spanish students think it means (s___-fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Square-Rigged Saga | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

Mamet showed clips from several of his screenplays such as Hoffa, Oleanna, The Untouchables and Wag...

Author: By Vasant M. Kamath, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mamet Speaks On Politics, Prose and Plays | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

...discussion mainly focused on Wag the Dog, the popular film whose plot sparked comparisons to President Clinton's actions during the Monica S. Lewinsky scandal...

Author: By Vasant M. Kamath, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mamet Speaks On Politics, Prose and Plays | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

Zollo shared a similar opinion regarding the much talked about "Wag the Dog syndrome," implying that the movie was not far from the truth...

Author: By Vasant M. Kamath, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mamet Speaks On Politics, Prose and Plays | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

...spin stories such as the one in Wag the Dog, Mamet said, "I think this is true of writers--I'm sure it's true of politicians. They say, 'Who would believe this?' And yet [the people...

Author: By Vasant M. Kamath, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mamet Speaks On Politics, Prose and Plays | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

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