Were Word of Mouth Panelists Tom, Ellen and Kathleen Provoked by Mamet's Race Card?

Almost no other playwright likes to stir the pot, figuratively speaking, as much as Pulitzer Prize-winning provocateur David Mamet. The scribe, who's enjoyed a half-dozen Broadway and off-Broadway openings since 2007, frequently takes on hot-button issues in his expletive-laced works, from corruption in big business to sexual harassment to gender wars both overt and subversive. In his latest outing, which opened December 6 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Mamet laid the topic du jour right across the show poster : Race . The play, starring James Spader, David Alan Grier, Kerry Washington and Richard Thomas as a trio of law associates and their high-profile client (a white man accused of raping a black woman) aims to add Mamet's distinctive voice to the cacophony of voices weighing in on race relations in modern America. But did the play, directed by its author, succeed? We sent Word of Mouth Panelists Tom, Ellen and Kathleen to this new drama to find out. Watch the video to see their review!