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The Secret Knowledge

On the Dismantling of American Culture

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The Secret Knowledge

Written by: David Mamet
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
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For the past 30 years, David Mamet has been a controversial and defining force in theater and film, championing the most cherished liberal values along the way. In some of the great movies and plays of our time, his characters have explored the ethics of the business world, embodied the struggles of the oppressed, and faced the flaws of the capitalist system. But in recent years Mamet has had a change of heart. He realized that the so-called mainstream media outlets he relied on were irredeemably biased, peddling a hypocritical and deeply flawed worldview. In 2008 he wrote a hugely controversial op-ed for the Village Voice, "Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal,'" in which he methodically eviscerated liberal beliefs. Now he goes much deeper, employing his trademark intellectual force and vigor to take on all the key political and cultural issues of our times, from religion to political correctness to global warming. Mamet pulls no punches in his art or in his politics. And as a former liberal who woke up, he will win over an entirely new audience of others who have grown irate over America's current direction.

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"A Manichean analysis from a strident new voice from the Right---for liberals, something intended to ignite antagonism; for the like-minded, a buttress against the opposition." ( Kirkus)
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I had no idea what I was getting into when I started reading the book. Mamet has the gift of clarity in his writing that I find is unmatched in the realm of non-fiction and it is this penchant for laying things bare that pulls you through this book all the way to the end. Some people have the gift of stating the obvious and Mamet not only has that but a lifetime of experience to undergird his sentiments. If I were to subtitle the book it would be: Unknown Knowns

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