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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


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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.

 

 

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