History Main / MametSpeak

* QuentinTarantino has listed DavidMamet as one of the key inspirations for his own style of dialogue.

-->--''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss''

* Some of the dialogue in ''{{Primer}}'' is like this, with characters talking over each other and answering with quick, short lines.

* Aaron Sorkin's distinctive dialogue style (as heard in ''Series/TheWestWing'' and ''Studio 60'') is similar, though with less cursing and less of characters talking over each other. And arguably more {{Author Filibuster}}s.

* Frequent Mamet collaborator WilliamHMacy was once asked in an interview if David Mamet could finish a sentence without a ClusterFBomb. His response? [[PrecisionFStrike "Absofuckinglutely!"]]

Compare RapidFireInterrupting, where the interrupting is one-sided.

* BrianBendis does this in his works, some even call him the "Mamet of Comics". He variously refers to Mamet as his god, his hero and his go-to source of inspiration.

* Tiger Woods' proclivity for profanity after an awry golf shot led ''Magazine/SportsIllustrated'' write Joe Posnanski to write, "When he hits a shot that's only 90% perfect, Woods [[InvokedTrope rants like he's in a David Mamet production.]]"

-->--''GlengarryGlenRoss''

* It is almost always "vulgar". In keeping with Mamet's general domain of tough-talking characters, ClusterFBomb is the name of the game. (RogerEbert once titled a Movie Glossary entry the "Mamet Dammit" while noting that the swears in question usually weren't that mild.)

American writer DavidMamet is probably most famous for his distinctive style of writing fast, clever, edgy dialogue. When a playwright wins a Pulitzer Prize, his style does not often go without imitation. Mamet's often-imitated dialogue style is called MametSpeak.

-->'''Moss:''' No. What do you mean? Have I talked to him about this... [pause]\\

--->--''GlengarryGlenRoss''

* ''IronMan2'' ramped this up immensely from the first one, in that other characters aside from Tony Stark started doing it.

* Aaron Sorkin's distinctive dialogue style (as heard in ''TheWestWing'' and ''Studio 60'') is similar, though with less cursing and less of characters talking over each other. And arguably more {{Author Filibuster}}s.

* Tiger Woods' proclivity for profanity after an awry golf shot led ''Sports Illustrated'' write Joe Posnanski to write, "When he hits a shot that's only 90% perfect, Woods [[InvokedTrope rants like he's in a David Mamet production.]]"

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* BrianBendis does this in his works, some even call him the "Mamet of Comics".

* A delicious send-up of a possible dialogue from the upcoming Anne Frank movie is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpb6zCeM4uY.

'''Aaronow:''':As a robbery.\\

** Applies to his films, as well.

* Frequent Mamet collaborator William H. Macy was once asked in an interview if David Mamet could finish a sentence without a ClusterFBomb. His response? [[PrecisionFStrike "Absofuckinglutely!"]]

* IronMan2 ramped this up immensely from the first one, in that other characters aside from Tony Stark started doing it.

* Aaron Sorkin's distinctive dialogue style (as heard in ''TheWestWing'' and ''Studio 60'') is similar, but with a lot less cursing. And arguably more {{Author Filibuster}}s.

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* IronMan2 ramped this up immensely from the first one, in that other characters aside from Tony Stark started doing it.

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* A delicious send-up of a possible dialogue from the upcoming Anne Frank movie is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpb6zCeM4uY.

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* Aaron Sorkin's distinctive dialogue style (as heard in ''TheWestWing'' and ''Studio 60'') is similar, but with a lot less cursing. And arguably more {{Author Filibuster}}s.