GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS

I didn't like this play at all. It was very easy to read and I could picture the scenes in my mind while I was reading but I couldn't identify with the content at all. I don't think that Mamet thinks that women are bad, but I think that he is trying to show that in the MAN'S working world, women have no place. Women are inferior in this type of business and they are only there to take things away from the men. Women are the ones to say no to the sell, women are the ones who make life miserable. Mamet wants men in this play to be seen as tough manly men. There is no room for femininity in their business. The "secretary" in the play is even looked down upon even though it is a man.
I liked the movie interpretation of the play better than the play itself. It may have to do with the fact that I like most of the actors that were in the movie. The characters were brought to life better and we were able to see what their motivations were for making the sells. Levine was trying to sell so he could pay for his daughter's hospital care. He was motivated to do something good even while trying to sell crap. I think that Roma is motivated by the money and the fact that he knows that he is good at this selling scam and he wants to remain on top.