By John Lahr
John Lahr’s lovely and complicated biography of his father, the mythical actor and comic Bert Lahr
Part biography, half heritage of yank convey enterprise, Notes on a Cowardly Lion is John Lahr’s masterwork: an all-encompassing biography of his father, the comic and performer Bert Lahr. top often called the Cowardly Lion in MGM’s vintage The Wizard of Oz, Lahr was once a consummate artist whose profession spanned burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway, and Hollywood. whereas he might be both raucous and polished in public, Lahr was once painfully insecure and self-absorbed in inner most, maintaining his relations at arm’s size as he quietly battled his internal demons. informed with a powerful objectivity and willing realizing of the construction—and destruction—of the performer, Notes on a Cowardly Lion is multiple man’s quest to appreciate his father. it really is a unprecedented exam of a lifestyles at the level.
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The meeting was closed. ) HARDING. ) Mac. NURSE RATCHED. You men will now go back to your duties. ) Did you hear me? ) McMURPHY. Don't move Billy - sit down. ) NURSE RATCHED. Didyou hear me? (['he MEN break and start back to their duties. ) McMURPHY. ) Hoo, boy, lookit that. It's a hit. Right down the middle! RARDING. (Catching on, looks at NURSE RATCHED, wavers. ) Run, you mother-loving turkey, run! ~ARTINI. ) Two bases, two. Look out, there roes the throw. SCANLON. He missed it! Overthrew second!
Okay, let 'er rip! ) ANNOUNCER'S VOICE. ) ... and he swings! At a bad pitch, oh my, and the count is three and two with the tying run on second base. It's the bottom of the sixth ... a hit and run situation ... here comes the windup. It's a - 50 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (In the Station NURSE RATCHED has opened a panel on the wall behind the desk and thrown a switch. The TV cuts off abruptly. ) NURSE RATCHED. ) The meeting was closed. ) HARDING. ) Mac. NURSE RATCHED. You men will now go back to your duties.
Couldn't you see this man had nothing on but a towel? McMURPHY. ) And my cap ... NURSE RATCHED. Well ... WARREN. He ... he got up too early. NURSE RATCHED. Got up too early. You'll get his clothing this instant, Mr. Warren, or spend the next two weeks on Geriatrics cleaning bedpans! (WARREN exits, smoldering. ") And you - get rid of that towel at once. McMURPHY. Certainly! (Whips it off. Underneath he is wearing black satin shorts with an imprint of big white whales with red eyes. ) Ain't they some shit?