This blog post explores the implications of this quote by David Mamet: "It’s the difference between a nomadic people and an indigenous people. The studio peopl

This blog post explores the implications of this quote by David Mamet: "It’s the difference between a nomadic people and an indigenous people. The studio people are going to be there every year. They have a way things are done, and as long as they subscribe to the way things are traditionally done and please their superiors, they have a reasonable certainty of a secure life. On the other hand, a nomadic people--you could say Jews, you could say Gypsies, you could say artists--are going to come into a new situation where they aren’t particularly welcome, assess the situation as quickly as they can and make something new out of it, make a new solution that hasn’t occurred to the indigenous people because the indigenous people have been there too long."