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- From: treilly@iastate.edu (Edward C Reilly)
- Subject: Re: Dorothy Parker
- Message-ID: <treilly.725831641@vincent1.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:54:01 GMT
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- In <1992Dec31.174412.20470@news.acns.nwu.edu> mknapp@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Michael Knapp) writes:
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- > Now that there have been a great number of quotes by Dorothy Parker
- >posted, could somebody please tell me who she is?
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- She was a writer from the 20's through the 50's. One of the
- founders of New Yorker; Drama critic, short story, verse and
- screenplay writer. Known for her cutting wit, and being especially
- tough as a book and drama reviewer. She wrote reviews under the name
- "Constant Reader" in the New Yorker in the aforementioned years. Died in 1967.
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- Two quotes, both in refernce to Clair Boothe Luce:
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- Someone told Parker that Luce was always kind to her inferiors; Parker
- replied "Where does she find them?"
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- On another occasion, the two women arrived at the door at the same
- time. Luce said "Age before beauty" motioning for Paker to enter first.
- As she walked through the door, Parker replied "And Pearls before Swine."
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