tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post1917636770099309074..comments2024-03-28T12:17:44.126-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): How many martinis is too many ?Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-76393742061215278212020-03-05T09:12:03.639-06:002020-03-05T09:12:03.639-06:00DP has her own web page: https://dorothyparker.co...DP has her own web page: https://dorothyparker.com/ Dorothy Parker Society - Official Dorothy Parker Site Since 1998<br /><br />I-)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-7079383385741740392020-03-04T19:16:29.317-06:002020-03-04T19:16:29.317-06:00Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;...Razors pain you;<br />Rivers are damp;<br />Acids stain you;<br />And drugs cause cramp.<br />Guns aren't lawful;<br />Nooses give;<br />Gas smells awful;<br />You might as well live. Kim Geigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14862755576210121598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-35613444636627567192020-03-04T19:00:32.887-06:002020-03-04T19:00:32.887-06:00Dorothy Parker's dating stories are wonderfull...Dorothy Parker's dating stories are wonderfully sharp and funny. My favorite is Just a Little One. There's a great reading of it by Dana Ivey on Selected Shorts: https://store.symphonyspace.org/products/just-a-little-one-by-dorothy-parkerlolarusahttp://chawedrosin.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-46956104300955825532020-03-04T12:37:26.560-06:002020-03-04T12:37:26.560-06:00my library catalog lists several multi-CD audioboo...my library catalog lists several multi-CD audiobooks of readings of her works.<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-4041242638262738432020-03-04T09:25:01.205-06:002020-03-04T09:25:01.205-06:00i just read https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55670...i just read https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55670 "Men I'm Not Married To" by Dorothy Parker and "Women I'm Not Married To" by Franklin P. Adams. sharp tongued, both are, but some of the humor is from the 1920s and seemed to lose the desired impact for today?<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-8240818959172369402020-03-04T09:07:56.322-06:002020-03-04T09:07:56.322-06:00thanks - requested at mine!
I-)thanks - requested at mine!<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-7983615268507932852020-03-04T09:03:12.773-06:002020-03-04T09:03:12.773-06:00She was very witty and talented but also deeply tr...She was very witty and talented but also deeply troubled, and the company she kept didn't help. There's a story that Alexander Woollcott visited her in the hospital when she was recovering from one of many suicide attempts and said, "Darling, you must stop this, you're going to hurt yourself."<br />Interestingly the line "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force” has been attributed to her but has never been found in any of her writings. I have no trouble believing she said it, though.<br /><br />Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10320886074658710855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-17820776365137479582020-03-04T07:46:02.485-06:002020-03-04T07:46:02.485-06:00Her biography is fascinating as well. As incredib...Her biography is fascinating as well. As incredibly witty and clever as she was, she was deeply unhappy most of the time, and drank ink in a suicide attempt.<br />“If I didn't care for fun and such,<br />I'd probably amount to much.<br />But I shall stay the way I am,<br />Because I do not give a damn.”<br />― Dorothy Parker, Enough Rope Hoosierinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493660593641988310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-40818969337143637892020-03-04T07:39:23.069-06:002020-03-04T07:39:23.069-06:00The irony about the martini poem (which I love and...The irony about the martini poem (which I love and quote often) is that Ms Parker apparently detested gin. So her personal martini limit was probably zero.<br /><br />According to https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/03/12/fug/, the attribution to Parker of the Norman Mailer quote is spurious. It is generally credited (if it was ever said at all) to Tallulah Bankhead.<br /><br />Still and all, thank you for reposting this. It is certainly needed.Michael Skeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618931947366323590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-15920692756784927262012-03-30T23:15:41.439-05:002012-03-30T23:15:41.439-05:00DVD requested from the library. Thanks, Bub.DVD requested from the library. Thanks, Bub.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-51277676999387366972012-03-30T22:57:10.933-05:002012-03-30T22:57:10.933-05:00There's a pretty good movie with Jennifer Jaso...There's a pretty good movie with Jennifer Jason Leigh as Dorthy Parker - Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.Bubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367554651401120819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47434794404797659352012-03-30T11:13:53.892-05:002012-03-30T11:13:53.892-05:00I've always appreciated her review of one of K...I've always appreciated her review of one of Katherine Hepburn's theatrical performances -- something to the effect of, "she ran the gamut of emotions from 'a' to 'b'."AFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-72664211890516294612012-03-30T10:44:53.579-05:002012-03-30T10:44:53.579-05:00Ah, my friend - you are in for a rare treat. In he...Ah, my friend - you are in for a rare treat. In her prime, Parker had few equals. Her razor sharp wit and intelligence cut both ways - many ways, really - and not very much escaped her bluntly-honest critical eye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com