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A REVIEW OF "THE WINSLOW BOY," THE 1999 MOVIE BY DAVID MAMET ABOUT A YOUNG BOY AT THE CENTER OF A QUIET DRAMA OF MANNERS, POLITENESS, AND SUBMERGED EMOTIONS SET IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ENGLAND, IN WHICH THE BOY IS ACCUSED OF THEFT AND FORGERY AND EVENTUALLY DRUMMED OUT OF MILITARY SCHOOL, AS EVALUATED BY WILLIAMSON AND LEVENE, TWO CHARACTERS IN "GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS," THE 1983 PLAY BY DAVID MAMET, BOTH DESPERATE SALESMEN AT THE TIME, THE FORMER IN HIS EARLY FORTIES AND THE LATTER IN HIS FIFTIES, WHO RECENTLY HAVE TURNED IN THEIR LATE FIFTIES OR SIXTIES, RESPECTIVELY, TO POPULAR FILM CRITICISM TO, I DON'T KNOW, MAKE ENDS MEET OR SOMETHING WRITTEN BY DAVID MAMET ADAPTED FOR THE INTERNET BY PAUL MALISZEWSKI - - - - Levene: You are a shithead, Williamson . . . (Pause.) Williamson: Mmm. Levene: You can't think on your feet you should keep your mouth closed. (Pause.) You hear me? I'm talking to you. Do you hear me . . . ? Williamson: Yes. (Pause.) I hear you. Levene: You can't learn that in an office. Eh? He's right. You have to learn it on the streets. You can't buy that. You have to live it. Williamson: Mmm. Levene: Yes. Mmm. Yes. Precisely. Precisely. 'Cause your partner depends on it. (Pause.) I'm talking to you, I'm trying to tell you something. Williamson: You are? Levene: Yes, I am. Williamson: What are you trying to tell me. Levene: What Roma's trying to tell you. What I told you yesterday. Why you don't belong in this business and why we like "The Spanish Prisoner" better. Williamson: Mmm.     OTHER McSWEENEY'S STORIES: - - - - In Response to Harold Bloom's Introduction to The Best of The Best American Poetry By Eric McHenry My Hand Would Be The Correct Size By Lucy Thomas Reviews of Bands My Friends Are In By Kevin Guilfoile Top Ten Most Censored Press Release of 1998. No 3 Interfaith Humor a Hit on Holiday Cards I Do Not Care About The Dancers. By Lucy Thomas

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