Jaded Hollywood producer Bobby Gould has spent a career reaping what others sow, until the night he’s forced to choose between his loyal friend’s sure-fire hit and a beautiful girl’s art-house project. During a wicked evening of seduction and manipulation, Bobby discovers that the power he exerts is more elusive than it seems.
Mamet's play is a three-person ode to cynicism. Plot, dialogue, and characters generate his trademark style of fingernail-on-the-blackboard discomfort punctuated by verbal cleverness and humor. Jeff Goldblum's mannered vagueness works for the character of a neurotic producer, though it's hard to perceive him as a wielder of power. Dina Waters's voice, little-girlish and brittle, as if she were always on the verge of tears, doesn't so much fit her part as interpret it. Adam Arkin steals the show with a character whose coarse and passionately declared ambition is at least understandable. One minor note is the program's lack of tracking. W.M. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
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