David Mamet's script was heavily criticized as sexist. He defended himself against this allegation in (Guardian supplement) (UK) 8 April 2004, pg. 8-9, "'Why can't I show a woman telling lies?'"
Playwright and director David Mamet, according to the U.S. DVD sleeve notes for the film, was confronted by an "angry band of students" and accused of "political irresponsibility" at the first preview of the film's source "Oleanna" stage-play at Harvard University in 1992.
The woman singing over the end credits is Mamet's wife, Rebecca Pidgeon, who originated the role of Carol on stage alongside William H. Macy.
According to the U.S. DVD sleeve notes, "Oleanna classically displays the rhythmic nature of dialogue that [David] Mamet is famous for - he actually uses a metronome during rehearsals to perfect the actors' delivery".
One of three major theatrical feature films about the subject of sexual harassment that were first released around the time of the early mid-1990s. Besides this one written and directed by David Mamet and based on his play, the movies are Disclosure (1994) directed by Barry Levinson and based on the novel by Michael Crichton, and Gross Misconduct (1993) directed by George Miller and based on the play by Lance Peters.
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