tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post1074701720719877979..comments2024-01-29T18:03:55.225-07:00Comments on Sally Cruikshank: Mary McCarthy: THE GROUPUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-43390243952481904052008-03-17T09:23:00.000-06:002008-03-17T09:23:00.000-06:00I saw a great one-women monologue on Broadway year...I saw a great one-women monologue on Broadway years ago: Zoe Caldwell as Lillian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-31023199586510371272008-03-17T07:33:00.000-06:002008-03-17T07:33:00.000-06:00Mary McC's essays are wonderful; for me, far more ...Mary McC's essays are wonderful; for me, far more readable and re-readable than her fiction. I always admired her for taking on the liar (and successful saleslady of the lies)Lily H. Julia? Please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-29941208168223103092008-03-16T18:59:00.000-06:002008-03-16T18:59:00.000-06:00Sharp, witty women is right! Lillian Hellman may ...Sharp, witty women is right! Lillian Hellman may have been less than the legend, who knows.<BR/><BR/>I think those are all martini comments, ie couldn't be pulled off outside of a spiff lounge with someone bothering to record them.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874162149979602139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-81884078400983641362008-03-16T15:50:00.000-06:002008-03-16T15:50:00.000-06:00I'd never heard of Mary McCarthy before. Thanks f...I'd never heard of Mary McCarthy before. Thanks for the introduction.<BR/>"Every word [Lillian Helman] writes is a lie, including <I>and</I> and <I>the</I>" heh heh. That's one sharp tongue!<BR/>Sometimes I'm tempted to make cracks about people I deal with (or have dealt with in the past,) but my inner censor tells me to cork it. <I> Don't be mean,</I> it warns,<I> besides, people in glass houses...</I>Namowal (Jennifer Bourne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00384500508934864421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13524464.post-35274147887184847572008-03-16T06:36:00.000-06:002008-03-16T06:36:00.000-06:00Interesting to learn about Mary McCarthy. I've lon...Interesting to learn about Mary McCarthy. I've long been interested in Lillian Hellman's life and also Dorothy Parker and other writers from the Round Table. Sharp, witty women!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com