Just want to say that Arthur Miller means a very great deal to me. I would have seen, many times, his plays (except After The Fall - never seen or read that) and his tiny article about staying in the Chelsea Hotel that I readc recently in the Sydney Morning herald meant a very great deal to me - (we are ugly but we have the music) and I particularly liked Playing For Time his telly play.
I couldn't ever watch The Misfits though. Way too cruel to horses. I have tried to watc h it several times and couldn't.
He meant a great deal to me.
I loved his aauto bio Timebends. The way his father was illiterate in Russian and English and he challenged his father in his most vulnerable area.
The way he stood out on Elia Kazan's driveway, on his way to salem to research a play - and what happened on that driveway.
Timebends is best read back to back with Elia Kazan's auto bio. A great talent Elia. Great talent.
Oh I will miss you Arthur. You were a touchstone. You are a touchstone.
kind regards - jen
Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
The Shakespeare of the common (hu)man. Don't know how far his American-ness
comes into it.
Thomas Fallon
> Sent: 11 February 2005 08:51
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: FW: Arthur Miller
>
> Ken -
>
> Truely, the death of Arthur Miller is a sad day.
>
> I certainly agree with your assessment of him. I have always
> believed he was a great writer who understood America only
> too well. Since I grew up with the values he presented in "Salesman"
> I know just how important that drama was defining the
> American "problem". I wonder if that problem is more
> universally espoused in the world today.
>
> I would think of Japan, for instance.
P
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