VIDEO SPOOF: Christmas Light Display Set to David Mamet's 'Coffee Is For Closers' Speech

By: Dec. 17, 2015
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Comedy website Clickhole posted a very clever variation of infamously gaudy home holiday displays that are popular this time of the year.

In this video spoof, they report of a family whose Christmas light display is synchronized to a recording of Alec Baldwin's classic "Coffee Is For Closers" speech, written especially for the actor for the film version of the playwright's GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS.

Viewers should be advised that the video is packed with language typical of David Mamet plays.

David Mamet is currently represented on Broadway with his new play, CHINA DOLL, starring Al Pacino. Playing at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street), CHINA DOLL is directed by Tony Award-winner Pam MacKinnon (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf) and co-stars Christopher Denham ("Master Harold"... and the Boys, Argo, "Manhattan").

CHINA DOLL tells the story of Mickey Ross, a man of means who is ready to walk away from it all to start a new life with his young fiancée. Then one phone call changes everything . . .

CHINA DOLL has scenic design by Tony Award-winner Derek McLane (33 Variations, Beautiful TheCarol King Musical), costume design by Tony Award-winner Jess Goldstein (The Rivals, Jersey Boys), and lighting design by Russell H. Champa (In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)). The show was cast by Telsey & Company and Bialy/Thomas Associates.

CHINA DOLL is presented by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, and Steve Traxler (this marks the tenth presentation of a David Mamet work by Messrs Richards, Frankel and Treaxler on Broadway and in the West End).


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