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title: "Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama"
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# Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama

**Brand:** david mamet
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- **What is this?** Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama by david mamet
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Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Perceptive, unique, concise
  

*by F***É on Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2016*

It's long become customary to nickname David Mamet as "controversial", "acerbic", "opinionated" and the like... Evidently, he's making someone nervous. So much so that they're willing to exploit unsubstantiated, desperate, primitive mantras for debasing their "Nemesis". I hope he's taking it as a compliment. Come to think of it, what can be more dangerous than a powerful, rational thinker, a one of a kind intellectual, an eloquent artist on his quest for truth? Why, he would have been among the first ones to be eliminated by any totalitarian regime!As for the "Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama": this book is an enlightened, aphoristic conversation that celebrates moral reasoning and good taste. I wholeheartedly recommend it and hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    loved it
  

*by B***T on Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023*

Erudite and interesting if you wonder why theater is a force in people’s lives . At some level it is also about language and how it moves people in the arts. Mamet’s plays have always seemed to me to be as much about language as opposed to the images they create so it was interesting to see that reflected in his book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Finding the path to your true story
  

*by M***M on Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2013*

A thought-provoking book. Mamet cuts through the drivel of television news and skewers the "information age." Along the way he sheds light on how a story teller, dramatist, playwright or novelist can construct a meaningful drama.

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