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One of the greatest. AND he was married to Marilyn Monroe.
Shame. I saw him direct a couple of his shorts and talk afterward at the Young Vic (London) once. Seemed like a nice guy and was a great writer.
And, of course, he gave hope to all artistic, sensitive types by marrying Marilyn. Good on you, sir.
So long, Biff.
This is one of those guys I thought was dead a long time ago.
Playwright.
He had a long, full life.
Oh, I loved Miller’s work - especially the screenplay for “The Misfits.” Sad to hear that someone with such talent has left us!
Sad news for a terrific contributor to the American stage.
But Come On! Surely we could’ve come up with a better title here at the Dope: Death of a Salesman Creator or something!
“A View from Beyond?”
I sort of met the guy once. I saw previews for one of his lesser known plays, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, and stuck around to see if I could get Patrick Stewart’s autograph. He signed my Playbill and said “It’s a wonderful play, isn’t it? You should thank him, he wrote it-” and pointed to a small old man who I’d overlooked since he was standing next to Patrick Stewart. My jaw fell to the sidewalk. But I did manage a wave, and they got into a limosine and left.
Now I know I’ll have the privilege of kicking myself over that for the rest of my life.
William, when I walked into the jungle, I was seventeen. When I walked out I was twenty-one. And, by God, I was rich!
James Lipton eulogized him for MSNBC this morning thusly: “He was engaged every waking moment with the great social issues of our time.” I have to confess that when I heard that, my first thought was: “The guy must have been holy hell to live with.”
Ditto.
And though I don’t mind some of his other plays, I have to say that I loathe Death of a Salesman. Gah.
Until he could make his living as a writer, he was a carpenter. He stood up to McCarthy, and he nailed Marilyn Monroe. If we were to do half as much as him, we would be better than most of the hacks working today.
He was a great guy who wrote a few classic works. He’ll definitely “live on” in the sense that they’ll still be reading works like The Crucible and Death of a Salesman in the generations to come. I saw a rendition of The Price recently-- I was very, very impressed.
“McCarthyism”, yes. McCarthy, no. Miller appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in June 1956. Senator Joseph McCarthy served only in the Senate (and thus had nothing to do with HUAC), and the Senate had censured McCarthy in 1954. HUAC was formed even before McCarthy was in Congress.
I thought he was long dead, too. His death reminds me that I’m related to him somehow on my dad’s side, through marriage I think.
Whenever I think of The Crucible, all I hear in my head is “WHORE!”