From THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, by Tennessee Williams.
>>> ALREADY THIS MORNING:
Two major passages have been removed from this blog by Republican Party/Fox News hackers, but I can replace them.
Just after typing the above line, two words had their spellings changed -- JUST NOW!!!
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ASTUTE OBSERVATION ABOUT MY FREIND AND "IN SPIRIT" WRITING MENTOR:
Of course, perceptions of Williams have evolved over the years. When Streetcar was first seen in London in 1949, in a production directed by Laurence Olivier and starring Vivien Leigh, Williams was viewed as a kind of filthy American sleaze-merchant. The confrontation of Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski sent the British press into a tizzy: Logan Gourlay in the Sunday Express spoke for many when he condemned the play as "the progress of a prostitute, the flight of a nymphomaniac, the ravings of a sexual neurotic". The play was attacked in Parliament as "low and repugnant", and by the Public Morality Council as "salacious and pornographic". When Cat On a Hot Tin Roof had its British premiere in 1958, it had to be presented under the polite fiction of a "club performance" – lest the broader public be corrupted by the discreet suggestion that its hero, Brick, is gay.
Thankfully, we have got over the idea that Williams is a sexual sensationalist. Now, we tend to emphasise his lyric, compassionate side. He has been described as "the poet of lost souls", and we tend to dwell on his empathy with the spiritually wounded. In this reading, the keynote line is that of the itinerant Val in Williams's Orpheus Descending, who says:
"We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life!"
THE WHOLE ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND HERE:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/jul/27/tennessee-williams
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gt;> EMAIL REPLY TO AN ARTIST:
>>> EMAIL REPLY TO WILMINGTON ARTIST ELIZABETH DARROW:DISCLAIMERS:
1. Elizabeth and I are both native Buckeyes AND she went to Oberlin College, a sister school to my Denison University, both in Ohio -- and about the same time, I reckon.
2. We both got our undergraduate degrees in "Studio Art."
3. Via very different paths, we now both live in Wilmington and CARE ABOUT THIS CITY!!!
4. Regarding my teasing her about drugs, I must disclaim that I take NO prescription drugs, but have no problems with caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, or VERY OCCASIONAL mushrooms, which I ONLY indulge in if I pick them FRESH (so far, only south of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico under the supervision of a local shaman).
>>> THE EMAIL:
I'll say!!!
Block my emails in your email software, FOOL!!!
My emails only go to people who leave their accounts WIDE OPEN to them, so don't be blaming ME if you refuse to shut your door to them (and the Truth about God, the God-Hating, Fake-Christian Republicans -- NOT all of them).
Jeez!!!
Maybe you should cut back on your legal prescription drugs so you can THINK STRAIGHT and TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF better.
Just sayin' . . .
Scott
>>>PS: I LOVE:
Your paintings http://www.cwilmington.com/member_detail.php?id=238 and could easily see buying one or more when I come into my money.
THAT DOES NOT DEPEND ON YOUR POLITICAL BELIEFS OR APPARENT SUPPORT OF HEROIN AND COCAINE TRAFFICKING IN WILMINGTON THAT MY BLOG IS TRYING TO END.
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Elizabeth Darrow wrote:
Please please remove me from your email list. This is getting very annoying.
>>> EXCELLENT INTERVIEW WITH ELIZABETH DARROW HERE:
http://library.uncw.edu/web/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/720.html
LATE-BREAKING REPLY:
Scott, There's no need to insult me. The truth is, I don't know how to put your emails into spam. And it's not even that I disagree with what your saying, it's just a bit of an onslaught what you're doing, and with so much anger. I'd rather not be the recipient of these tirades. So please remove me from your list. In my case you're preaching to the choir anyway. Thanks.
Elizabeth
>>> STILL: I believe even artists can learn how to block a person in their email program -- I DID!!!
Scott
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>>> EMAIL TO MY FAMILY:Mornin' Cousin Judith-of-my-Heart!!!
As you KNOW, I am a VERY BAD PERSON (like you). HA!!!
So guess what I done gone done and did . . .
I teased your (sometimes) no-count daughter Wendy on her Facebook Page this morning. I can't help thinking that BOTH your daughters could do JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE to support themselves so that it's not such a strain on you and Chuck.
God bless you for your loving care of SO MANY, but YOU'RE at retirement age -- and it sometimes seems to me that THEY are the ones retired!!!
Yes, I know they've (we've) all had troubles that are/were REAL. But EVERYONE needs to GROW UP a little now and take a little better care of themselves, if ya know what I'm sayin'!!!
Scott
Scott Kenan on Wendy Whitney's Page:
Hey Cuz -- You ever do anything besides GAMBLE-GAME and put up nice quotes on your page???
(just askin' . . . )
LikeUnlike · · Unfollow PostFollow Post · See Friendship · 32 minutes ago near Wilmington ·
Wendy Whitney: sometimes
22 minutes ago · LikeUnlike
Scott Kenan: Well, as long as we have enough income, we have a RIGHT to spend our time as we choose!!! I thank GOD for my backer, Joseph in NYC!!!
11 minutes ago · LikeUnlike
Wendy Whitney: He must be a wonderful man
8 minutes ago · LikeUnlike
Scott Kenan: And has NO interest in sex, pay-back of money, ownership of a share of rights to my material, gift of valuable artwork still hidden in Georgia -- NOTHING!!! He just encourages me and send money when I need it, and he's GENEROUS in what he sends. I've GOT to get going on EARNING my own though.
I THINK I've beat my political adversaries back enough -- or become notorious enough in Wilmington to start a WILDLY popular local TV Talk Show. LOL!!!
a few seconds ago · LikeUnlike
>>> LATE BREAKING EMAIL BACK-AND-FORTH WITH COUSIN JUDY:
I guess I misunderstood. Someone told me you and Chuck helped them with rent or mortgage payments or cars, or SOMETHING -- and THAT must have been in error.
I'll add this to my recent blog posting so that the truth is known.
Scott
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Judith Whitney wrote:
Scott, both my daughters are self supporting, If I can give a boost , it is my pleasure.
Even Jesus ask for our help, and HE DOES NOT NEED US.
I'll take my blessings over self when I can.
Love you.
.
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