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| Quoting Mr. Lewis |
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| Sam & Fran Dodsworth * |
so much more
if they weren't...
a pair of
old horses
in a treadmill
Fran Dodsworth made a high art of deflating him,
of enfeebling him, with one quick
innocent-sounding phrase.
By the most careless comment on his bulky new overcoat
she could make him feel like a lout in it
“The flappers think I’m as venerable
as the bishop’s wife.
They make me feel old,
with their confounded respectfulness
–and their charming rejoicing
when I go home from a dance early
–I, who can dance better, yes,
and longer, than any of them...”
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| Sinclair Lewis** |
starred in the 1936 film version
of Dodsworth.
**In 1926, Sinclair Lewis
was photographed
by Man Ray
In this Man Ray photo, Sinclair Lewis looks like
ReplyDeletea young Fred Astaire.
Your right! There is a very strong resemblance.
DeleteMan Ray would have loved it
if the Fred Astaire look-alike
could have danced along
the threads of the big screw!
Maybe the contemplative Sinclair
was thinking of doing
exactly that.
And would Man Ray reveal that man
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There is a subset of "negative" communication
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positive communication.
It used to be known as
constructive criticism
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