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“Let’s talk about something important”
My first year at Bennington, the first thing we did at orientation in a dark room full of the whole student body and faculty was watch the Alec Baldwin monologue from Glengarry Glen Ross. We watched it with little to no introduction from the then head of the program, Liam Rector, who has since taken his own life. Liam played the clip at least every other semester for the new students, sometimes mentioning that it was the only thing they needed to get out of the program, and sometimes just sitting down and grinning wildly at the screen. A lot of people didn’t seem to understand what Liam wanted us to watch this scene for. A lot of them just shrugged it off and kept asking when the panels on publishing would be. You may or may not have seen this bit before, but thinking of it in context of the opening to an MFA program to me seems pretty right on both as in the mind of business and of art, if “mean” in a totally constructive and let’s-save-you-and-me-some-time kind of way. So, for Liam…
Tags: glengarry glen ross, liam rector
Wow. Liam is, IS, good.
Wow. Liam is, IS, good.
“Coffee’s for closers.” This is one of the most quotable scripts, ever.
“Coffee’s for closers.” This is one of the most quotable scripts, ever.
Are those steak knives the literary equivalent of a nice, respectable, non-paying publication?
Are those steak knives the literary equivalent of a nice, respectable, non-paying publication?
I went home to play with my kids.
I went home to play with my kids.
mamet ftw
mamet ftw
seems like if you were on a team this would be old hat. i mean, i never was but if i stand around watchng lacrosse practice at hopkins this is the service coach gives to the kids. great performance though, yeah.
lol
seems like if you were on a team this would be old hat. i mean, i never was but if i stand around watchng lacrosse practice at hopkins this is the service coach gives to the kids. great performance though, yeah.
lol
God participates in Mean Week, wins.
God participates in Mean Week, wins.
Ha ha ha ha awesome.
Ha ha ha ha awesome.
best sales movie ever
best sales movie ever
i am partial to salesman
i am partial to salesman
damn, chuck biscuits died.
damn, chuck biscuits died.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-adBsifNLQ
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-adBsifNLQ
mamet
mamet
i went with gene to his house, we had a nice time
i went with gene to his house, we had a nice time
ABC AIDA… it needs an Y for Yourself, no one else matters
if you write a story and close yourself, you’ll get me too… actually, that’s the only way you’ll get me
it’s like how in the bible it says to take the plank out of your own eye before you look at the speck in your brother’s
ABC AIDA… it needs an Y for Yourself, no one else matters
if you write a story and close yourself, you’ll get me too… actually, that’s the only way you’ll get me
it’s like how in the bible it says to take the plank out of your own eye before you look at the speck in your brother’s
Cause only one thing counts in this world: get them to sign on the line which is dotted.
You hear me you fuckin’ faggots?
Cause only one thing counts in this world: get them to sign on the line which is dotted.
You hear me you fuckin’ faggots?
You make a close, this whole place stinks with your farts for a week
My wife quotes that line when I get a story accepted into a ‘well-trafficked” online journal
You make a close, this whole place stinks with your farts for a week
My wife quotes that line when I get a story accepted into a ‘well-trafficked” online journal
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