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Wikipedia: Robert Keith "Bob"
Rae (born August 2, 1948) is
a lawyer, negotiator, public speaker and former Canadian politician.
He was the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre and was
the interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from
2011 to 2013. He was previously leader of the Ontario New
Democratic Party and the 21st Premier of Ontario, from
1990-1995.
(www.biography.com)
Dorothy Parker was the sharpest wit of
the Algonquin Round Table, as well as a master of short fiction and a
blacklisted screenwriter.
In addition to her writing, Dorothy
Parker was a noted member of the New York literary scene in 1920s.
She formed a group called the Algonquin Round Table with writer
Robert Benchley and playwright Robert Sherwood. This artistic crowd
also included such members as The New Yorker founder Harold
Ross, comedian Harpo Marx, and playwright Edna Ferber among others.
The group took its name from its hangout—the Algonquin Hotel, but
also also known as the Vicious Circle for the number of cutting
remarks made by its members and their habit of engaging in
sharp-tongued banter.
(excerpt from an interview with Dorothy Parker by Marion Capron – www.theparisreview.org)
INTERVIEWER: That’s not showing much
respect for your fellow women, at least not the writers.
PARKER: As artists they’re not, but
as providers they’re oil wells; they gush. Norris said she never
wrote a story unless it was fun to do. I understand Ferber whistles
at her typewriter. And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling
around on his floor for three days looking for the right word. I’m
a feminist, and God knows I’m loyal to my sex, and you must
remember that from my very early days, when this city was scarcely
safe from buffaloes, I was in the struggle for equal rights for
women. But when we paraded through the catcalls of men and when we
chained ourselves to lampposts to try to get our equality—dear
child, we didn’t foresee those female writers. Or Clare
Boothe Luce, or Perle Mesta, or Oveta Culp Hobby.
INTERVIEWER: You have an extensive
reputation as a wit. Has this interfered, do you think, with your
acceptance as a serious writer?
PARKER: I don’t want to be classed as
a humorist. It makes me feel guilty. I’ve never read a good tough
quotable female humorist, and I never was one myself. I couldn’t do
it. A “smartcracker” they called me, and that makes me sick and
unhappy. There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
I didn’t mind so much when they were good, but for a long time
anything that was called a crack was attributed to me—and then they
got the shaggy dogs.
Wikipedia: Tallulah Brockman
Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an
American actress of the stage and screen, and a
reputed libertine. Bankhead was known for her husky voice,
outrageous personality, and devastating wit. Originating some of the
twentieth century theater's preeminent roles in comedy and melodrama,
she gained acclaim as an actress on both sides of the Atlantic.
Bankhead became an icon of the tempestuous, flamboyant actress, and
her unique voice and mannerisms are often subject to imitation and
parody ...
... In her personal life, Bankhead
struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction, and was infamous for
her uninhibited sex life. Despite her vices, Bankhead was capable of
great kindness and generosity to those in need, supporting
disadvantaged foster children and helping several families escape
the Spanish Civil War and World War II. Bankhead was inducted
into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1972, and
the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1981. Upon her
death, Bankhead was credited with nearly 300 film, stage, television,
and radio roles. She is regarded as one of the 20th century
theatre's great Leading Ladies.
