Jennifer Matsui
Tokyo freelance writer Jennifer Matsui's rant in the Village Voice comment section against David Mamet's faux epiphany earlier this week:
"Mr Mamet has recently discovered that the air at the top is more fragrant and more plentiful, and that CEO's, politicos and fat cat Hollywood movers and shakers are swell folks, who contrary to popular perception do not eat small children and hamsters for breakfast. This astonishing revelation comes from a faux leftist who used a sham political stance to advance his career in theatre, but now that he pisses into the same golden urinals as Steven Spielberg and air kisses mogul trophy wives at charity events, he can reveal his true colors while posing as a brave and principled "contrarian" a la Christopher Hitchens, unashamed to publicly suck up to power. I wonder if I abandon my politics and principles and take up the nobler cause of praising war criminals and talking about how cozy I am shmoozing with tycoons if The Voice would give me coveted bandwidth on its pages. Then again, I'm female - meaning I would have better luck trying my hand at a column devoted to praising sex toys."