"Politics is, in effect, a more strictly structured drama than most of those found upon the stage...Politics sticks closer to traditional drama than does The Stage itself. A problem is stated, the play begins, the hero (candidate) offers herself as the protagonist who will find a solution, and an audience gives its attention. Like the more traditional drama, the problem is politics is notably imaginary - that is, something which either does not in fact exist or that cannot be erradicated by political action (homosexuals will continue their sexual practices in spite of legislation - just as hetero sexuals always have). ... And legitimate political concerns - the environment, health care - go begging for an audience because they are not dramatic." - David Mamet (excerpt from Three Uses of the Knife, 1998)
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