A Wench In The Works

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ed a number of plays and movies. Mamet has also received numerous awards and nominations, including the Pulitzer Prize and a Tony award nomination for Glengarry Glen Ross, and a Tony award for Speed-the-Plow. In addition, Mamet’s span of employment has included being a taxi driver, an office cleaner, and a window washer. He has also worked in a truck factory, a canning plant, and spent a year at a real estate agency (“David (Alan) Mamet”).
Mamet’s theme of women being the monkey wrench in the works of American business appears in Glengarry Glen Ross, though in a more subdued form than in either Speed-the-Plow or Oleanna. One of the only women in the text, James Lingk’s wife, does not appear except in reference. However, she ventures to stop the deal between Lingk and Roma for the simple reason that she is a woman, who, by nature, hinders business.
Lingk’s wife convinces Lingk to renege on the real estate deal between Lingk and Roma. Lingk’s wife emascul...