She was a film critic for The Village Voice, New York and Vogue, and has written for the Times, the New York Review of Books and, well, everywhere. In this episode, she speaks insightfully about the tension between being an ambitious intellectual and a genteel southern gal: oh yes, she started out as a gal. Plus music from Cleek Schrey. Recorded at the Brooklyn Historical Society.
PERSON: her mother. Photo unavailable. This is Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver, a fine movie mother.
PLACE: the 5th Arrondisement in Paris
THING: a copy of Van Gogh’s Starry Night
RANDY’S THING: a dead chicken. Photo unavailable. This is a fine movie chicken.
