Glengarry Glen Ross

This is probably the hardest blog for me to write because I absolutely hated the play. Although it only took an hour or two to read it left me feeling lethargic, and my brain fried. Why did I dislike it so much? Most likely because it seemed to be about absolutely nothing! The style of the writing really got under my skin. Perhaps it was that I just finished reading Shakespeare. After reading Shakespeare you feel smart, and after reading this play I just felt plain old stupid.When I got to one section of the play where Mr. Lingk is telling Roma he has to back out because of his wife, I remember thinking hell yeah; go Mrs. Lingk, tell that bastard (Roma) to shove it up his ass. Then I got angry at Mr.Lingk because he had no backbone. He almost couldn't get what his wife has sent him out to say because he couldn't cut off Roma. What kind of man is that? I wanted to slap Mr.Lingk in the face and tell him to "Man up"! Then again, I guess that was what Mamet wanted readers to feel towards Lingk. The "invisible" women in this play have a strong meaning. It is almost like every deal that these real-estate men try to close, women keep them from finishing. Like women are the thorns in their sides. I personally kind of like this, because it shows how strong these women are. They keep their husbands or exes from making stupid deals. It is obvious that the characters feel differently about these women. They detest them and blame their failure on closing the deal on the women. At the same time, the women are what drive the men to do their jobs. Men are very competitive, so the women hindering them from achieving their goal, just drives the men to succeed even more. For example, Levene's daughter is ill, and so Levene pushes him self beyond the limit for her. I think it is fair to say that the women in this play represent the force that drives these men.