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e. "Always Be Closing." Implicit in this acronym is the idea that one must live and breathe sales. It's a 24-hour commitment.
This A-B-C lifestyle raises many interesting questions about morality and business ethics. It's clear that Blake is an amoral (perhaps immoral) S.O.B. By the way he talks down to the sales crew. He doesn't want a "nice guy," he wants a salesman. Are the two mutually exclusive? In real life, it doesn't appear that they should be exclusive concepts. There are plenty of nice salesmen in the world, people who take their fiduciary responsibilities seriously and put their clients needs before their own sales driven agenda.
However, in Glengarry Glen Ross, it's implied that to be successful one has to be morally agnostic, greedy, and downright predatory (like Blake himself) on a 24/7 basis. And looking at this in the context of achieving the American dream, one could argue that Glengarry Glen Ross teaches the viewer that in order to be successful, in order to be prosperous, in order to earn a cup of coffee, one has to be like Blake, one has to put morality on the backburner and on has to...
There is a reason why people still flock to see this movie and play. That's because it's as true to life and as prescient now, as it was when it was first released in 1984. America, over the past three decades, has taken Blake's lessons to seriously. We've become a nation that values money and celebrity and social status above all else. The result of this misplacement of values (greed in place of temperance, vanity in place of humility, selfishness in place of charity) has manifested in many ways, the most obvious would be the collapse of the stock market in 2008. Too many people believe in C4C and live an A-B-C lifestyle.
Toward the end of the play, Shelley Levene says to Williamson, "A man IS his job and you are fucked at yours." The astute viewer, the morally in-touch viewer, the socially responsible viewer, would like to say, "No, Mr. Levene, a man is SO much more than his job. Those who derive their self-worth from their wallet have things backwards."
However, in Glengarry Glen Ross, it's implied that to be successful one has to be morally agnostic, greedy, and downright predatory (like Blake himself) on a 24/7 basis. And looking at this in the context of achieving the American dream, one could argue that Glengarry Glen Ross teaches the viewer that in order to be successful, in order to be prosperous, in order to earn a cup of coffee, one has to be like Blake, one has to put morality on the backburner and on has to A-B-C.
Like all great art, Glengarry Glen Ross not only imitates real life, but it provides an instructive and timeless expose into human nature. There is a reason why people still flock to see this movie and play. That's because it's as true to life and as prescient now, as it was when it was first released in 1984. America, over the past three decades, has taken Blake's lessons to seriously. We've become a nation that values money and celebrity and social status above all else. The result of this misplacement of values (greed in place of temperance, vanity in place of humility, selfishness in place of charity) has manifested in many ways, the most obvious would be the collapse of the stock market in 2008. Too many people believe in C4C and live an A-B-C lifestyle.
Toward the end of the play, Shelley Levene says to Williamson, "A man IS his job and you are fucked at yours." The astute viewer, the morally in-touch viewer, the socially responsible viewer, would like to say, "No, Mr. Levene, a man is SO much more than his job. Those who derive their self-worth from their wallet have things backwards."
Insignificance of Profanity on Television In his New York Times article entitled "More than Ever, You Can Say that on Television" (November 13, 2009), author Edward Wyatt considers the issue of vulgar language in modern media entertainment, in television in particular. According to Wyatt, the frequency of offensive language and imagery on television has continually increased ever since the notorious Supreme Court decision in 1978 involving George Carlin's "Seven Dirty
speech of a public institution's faculty member to be protected under the Pickering/Connickline of cases, what criteria must be satisfied? Do these criteria suitably balance the interests of faculty members and the institution in the higher education context? There are really two key principles that must be satisfied. The first is that the court determines whether the speech in question hinges on a matter of public concern. If it does,
Action Effective for Resolving Inappropriate School Behavior Towards Staff and Peers At focus in this study is a child named Ed who has exhibited inappropriate behavior at school including fighting, profanity and disrespect towards staff at the school and towards his peers. There have been several meetings with teachers to attempt to resolve the situation but the behavior of Ed only continues to escalate. This study will identify the appropriate
Diary Entries Diary Entry When we first start out in the nursing profession, there are often incidents that come about to test our ability to confront challenges head on. While these challenges often take the form of medical emergencies, they can also come from colleagues who may not always act in the patient's best interest. I experienced one such challenge early on in my student nursing career and the way I
Psychology Narrative It is the intention of this paper to explore the methods utilized which resulted in the transformation of not only the behavior of a teenage boy but also in the transformation of his very life. Many methods have been utilized in attempting to modify behavioral-patterns in problem children and teens. This paper will look at the changes in a young man whose name is Reuben, the elements that contributed to
Etheridge Knight is effectively explained as an example of Whitman calls and egalitarian poem. At the same time, the analysis acknowledges that Knight finds himself forced to use language which some people would find offensive or even inappropriate. Rather than an unintentional slipping into common vernacular, this author explains that Knight's usage of profanity is an intentional commentary on the marginalization experienced by people in minority groups. The fact