"
yes, the ridiculous 'little girl' picture of Paltrow in a punt was
particularly obscene. I saw it too, because my local coffee shop keeps a
copy of that filthy rag, THE SUN.
"
Joking apart, we seem to be talking about the first sixties Cambridge Group.
The godfather was Leavis, the enforcers were Philip Hobsbaum and Lucie
Smith.
The bratpack included (among obvious others) Hughes&Plath, Peter Porter,
David Wievill, Redgrove -- have I missed anyone?
R.
>From: Ivy
>Reply-To: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
poetics
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Plath film (be afraid, be very afraid)
>Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:17:10 +0000
>
>Dear All,
>
>My husband brought home the Sun yesterday and while I was leafing
>through
>it I found a picture of Gwyneth Paltrow on the set of "the BBC film
>'Ted
>and Sylvia' - charting the romance of poet laureate Ted Hughes and
>Sylvia
>Plath". Paltrow wears a dark blonde curly wig, tweed skirt and plum
>jacket,
>and poses in a punt, smiling. The headline is "I'm Gwynning again."
>I'm not.
>
>Yours,
>
>Ivy
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