Posted on 02/11/2005 7:33:51 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
Indeed.
To her credit Mary McCarthy also attended his counter-conference in 1949,
He was overrated IMO. I'll take Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams any day, over Arthur Miller.
Well, now we know who Deep Throat was.
Expect the WaPo Woodward/Bernstein press conference any time.
People here do not like to be reminded of communist fellow travelers.
Marilyn is happy to welcome him to Heaven, that's how I see it. She was so beautiful. We found her crypt in So. Calif. There were roses there. What a beauty.
Miller was a brilliant playwrite and a so so political commentator.
McCarthy was right.
Looks like the work of a reasonably talented middle school kid.
That was the best version I ever saw. But then again, Hoffman and Malkovitch are two of the best actors of any era.
McCarthy only dealt with Communists in the State Department.
It was "A Streetcar Named Desire" that got me thinking about being an English Major. "Death of a Salesman" sealed my fate.
Surely you jest.
I will bet $543,987,589,167,898 that not one word about his commie past will be posted by any major news outlet.
Heck, they couldn't even bring themselves to call Pol Pot a commie when he died a few years back.
Interesting - saw clips of him last night on one of those A&E American Justice shows. In the 70's he befriended some teenage kid that had been accused of murdering his mother. The Reilly case or something like that.
Soulmate! :) I've felt that way since high school (almost 40 years). If a movie is top-rated (or top-hyped) I won't see it. Book, ok I'll read it, but only at the library!
I think it would be hard to avoid in any account of his life. The Crucible was an allegory of the MCcarthy era.
It's a tragedy. How uplifting would you expect it to be?
Yeah, but he's in for a serious throw down when Joe DiMaggio crosses his path.
Actually I DO expect to be uplifted and improved by reading or watching a tragic play. Call me an Aristotelian.
I was just about to mention that! I mean if a great tragedy induces catharsis then it's done its job. I guess you meant that Miller's work (and other) didn't do this.
He was a remarkable person....and now...how did it go?...I'm quoting from memory..."He's out there with a shoeshine and a smile...a salesman gotta dream...." I apologize if I am way off.
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