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A guy named Harold Cohen -- now a partner with Raymond Kurzweil writes computer code that generates pictures better than most "modern" art. |
Posted on 02/11/2005 7:33:51 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
About the same as Fidel Castro I would imagine.
O'Neill's stuff is very awkward reading. That man had no ear for dialogue at all!
I haven't read where Miller advocated mass murder and revolution.
More likely: Death of a Playwright
That is just my opinion from reading and hearing about him for most of my life but if I am wrong I would be happy to know it.
He was a Depression generation leftist. Many of them joined the Communist party out of misguided idealism and/or ignorance. Miller however claimed to never have done so.
Dear LMAO: The subject is not Miller's work but the universal refusal of the left to hold pro-Stalinists to the same standards as those who expressed admiration of Hitler in their youth. Read Johnson's NY Time obit and contrast with Miller's.
Even leftwingers like Hook and Mary McCarthy were outraged -- at the time -- by the 1949 conference which was paid for by Stalin's government.
His daughter Rebecca is married to Daniel Day-Lewis.
I am certain he attacked those seeking to expose communists. If he later changed and attacked Communism I have never heard of it.
His communist ties do not diminish his work in anyway.
What a beautiful picture...
Americans who joined the Communist party in the 1930s and 40s had no idea what it was really all about. I defy you to find one interview with Miller post 1950s where he had anything positive to say about the Stalin.
...and way behind in talent to my 2-year-old nephew's art. (someone was going to say it...)
I doubt if Krushchev had anything nice to say about Stalin but that doesn't mean he hated Communism or it's works of evil.
Really?
I should have said 'most' people. The Stalinist purges of the 30s were under the rug until the mid 50s.
That's the THING....most Hollywood stuff IS Tragedy....and that's why it's avoided.....I can only take SOOOO much, and there's enough in real life for me.
A prophet of the "capitalism stinks" generation that was inflicted upon us a decade or two after "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible" were first performed.
Consistent with his liberal humanism and Godlessness (you'll find his name on the Celebrity Atheists List ), his works were surly, pessimistic tales which left a bad taste in the mouth. I had "The Crucible" rammed down my throat in high school. One was obliged to "tutt, tutt" and nod knowingly with the liberal Literature teacher as he pontificated on the evils of Joe McCarthy and the "rabid right" in general. Just as much an example of mindless "groupthink" as the witch hunts which Miller railed against.
Thankfully, his later offerings received little attention and he became more of a celebrity curiosity for the nostalgic due to his marriage to Marilyn Monroe.
Liberal America will miss him.
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