A_Wench_In_The_Works

A Wench In The Works In 1963, James Brown declared, “it’s a man’s world.” Playwright and director David Mamet would suggest that maybe the world is not entirely men’s anymore, but the business world certainly is. Moreover, when women enter the male domain of business, they do not understand the basic rules of this male-dominated area of American existence. As a result, women befoul the ability of business to function correctly. Mamet implies that males and females are opposite sexes and that business is a male endeavor—therefore women are antithetical to business (Greenbaum 33). Women, ignorant of proper business procedure, use their sexuality to trap the man to exert the will of the woman. Once the woman traps the man, the man becomes emasculated—he loses whatever claim he had to continue being seen as a man working in the men’s world of business. In Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed-the-Plow, and Oleanna, Mamet retains a central theme: if men did not have to deal with women, business could operate unhindered. First, though, one must consider Mamet’s beginnings. David Mamet was born on November 30, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were Bernard Morris Mamet, an attorney, and Lenora June business, gould, mamet, john, karen, carol, power, lingk, man, fox, deal, women, speed-the-plow, woman, ross, however, glengarry, glen, lingk’s, gain, being, world, wife, tries, though, once, oleanna, mamet’s, john’s, head, film, cannot, book, tenure