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This is a great question, I wondered the same thing. You the novel is so different. I was skimming through it and boy, Mamet really made it his own. I’ll have to do a deeper dive to see what’s in there re: Deborah’s husband taking the kids. My guess is that in the state she was in, she was already dead to be and his children. Maybe it was for their sake. The need to move on.
I’m coming in hot here, 2 years after this last post and 7 years after its genesis …
all to say that I agree with the above opinion. The impression of this guy Gruber was that he was slick with his fast talk, expensive cigar & suede jacket. He refers to Towler & Marx as “bozos” and I’m sure Towler’s a competitor. However, he could have been “persuaded” in any number of ways that might serve his practice, not just a straight payoff, realizing too that in the end, the two “bozos” in his profession are still fellow doctors and tipping him in the other direction could easily have just been the matter of a smart, practical offer.
I had to jump in because I just rewatched the film about 15 times and my gf stopped talking to me about it after the 3rd so I’m desperate to talk to anyone about it. But I realize I’m probably a lunatic rambling on in an empty saloon.
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