Any similarities between David Mamet's President Charles "Chucky" Smith and our previous commander in chief are in the mind of the beholder.

Sure, in the West Coast premiere of Mamet's farce "November" at American Conservatory Theater, Smith behaves like a spoiled brat when he's not behaving like a clueless buffoon, but hey, who really knows what goes on in the Oval Office?

What Mamet imagines happens there feels like a "Saturday Night Live" skit on steroids with better actors.

The playwright is well-known for his naturalistic, male-dominated dramas like "American Buffalo" and "Glengarry, Glen Ross" where the American Dream takes a bitter toll on those who'll never realize their ambitions. In his plays "Oleanna" and "Speed-the-Plow," Mamet explored male-female dynamics against backdrops of political correctness and Hollywood ethics. The prolific, often-produced Mamet is represented by two plays on Broadway this season – a revival of "Oleanna" and a new work, "Race.