tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1336516981193836357..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: When you see a Bob Falls play, you remember itNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-72613095121768368572017-02-13T07:22:50.748-06:002017-02-13T07:22:50.748-06:00I saw the play 32 years ago. No ones banning you, ...I saw the play 32 years ago. No ones banning you, Bitter. Limiting yourself to art produced by artists you like makes for a very sparse world, but that's your choice to make.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68209244105029700542017-02-12T22:27:43.729-06:002017-02-12T22:27:43.729-06:00Did you watch the "60 Minutes" interview...Did you watch the "60 Minutes" interview with Abbott after he was returned to prison for killing that waiter? It was nothing but whiny self-justification. Maybe you can separate the murdering bastard from the "artist" who wrote about the suffering he had to undergo as a consequence of being a murdering bastard. I can't.<br /><br />I don't want to "scram" because I enjoy your blog and expect to do so in the future. But if a difference of opinion over a murderer is a dealbreaker for you, then ban me. I can live with that.<br /><br />Bitter ScribeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-31955609883735913112017-02-12T20:31:25.606-06:002017-02-12T20:31:25.606-06:00On a more banal, less contentious, note, I would h...On a more banal, less contentious, note, I would have enjoyed a photo of 1985 Aidan Quinn. Guess I'll have to look it up myself. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47153335326129354912017-02-12T17:46:34.729-06:002017-02-12T17:46:34.729-06:00@Scribe -- I've enjoyed reading your comments ...@Scribe -- I've enjoyed reading your comments on this blog but am surprised at this one. Disliking the subject of any work of art is one thing; disrespecting the person/persons who put blood, sweat and tears into a production of it quite another. I personally never read "In the Belly of the Beast" nor saw Mr. Falls' stage play, but (in my humble opinion) your comments amount to a false equivalence. Stating your intense dislike for Jack Henry Abbott would have been sufficient and understood.<br /><br />SandyK Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48536828244656637662017-02-12T16:45:15.371-06:002017-02-12T16:45:15.371-06:00So you are damning the work, you've never read...So you are damning the work, you've never read, and anyone who has, who "thinks it merits serious attention" because the author was a bad guy? I guess Mailer's writing doesn't merit attention either, since he stabbed his wife, and, now that I think of it, neither does mine, because I did mention Abbott's play and, i guess, for other reasons. Do this mean your going to scram now? Because I can live with that.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-82318834261757787112017-02-12T14:57:19.278-06:002017-02-12T14:57:19.278-06:00I'm sorry but I cannot get past "In the B...I'm sorry but I cannot get past "In the Belly of the Beast" or take seriously anyone who thinks it merits attention. Jack Henry Abbott is a murderer and a sniveling wretch who plunged a knife into the heart of an innocent man days after that fool Norman Mailer got him sprung from prison. And he's a liar. He never had to eat rats in prison, and God knows what else he lied about in that stupid book which I have no intention of ever reading.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10828862389145029122017-02-12T01:17:02.943-06:002017-02-12T01:17:02.943-06:00I'll never forget the shock of that final scen...I'll never forget the shock of that final scene in "Measure for Measure", the knife plunging into Isabella. Glad to read about four other of Mr. Falls' memorable works. I saw him recently on Mark Bazer's "Interview Show", and what stayed with me was his intelligence and passion for the arts.<br /><br />His latest directorial effort is now appearing at the Goodman -- Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya". I'm hoping to find time to get over there and see it.<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com