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...Baylor Theater staged Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night. To one performance came some church-sponsored teen-age girls. Grownups accompanying them were shocked at O'Neill's dialogue-no four-letter words, but a drizzle of expletives such as "goddam whore!" When they protested, Baylor's President Abner McCall ordered Baker to delete the profanity as "not in good taste for a church-related university...
...Madison Avenue has taken the enemy out of American life. We don't know who the enemy is with a capital E. This is a frightening thing. Who gives a goddam about moon shots when you see zombies walking around with lost souls? This is why I have to write plays...
...showed him the first half of the picture. 'Joe,' he said, 'it is beautifully written, beautifully acted, and beautifully directed.' Then he wrote to me to say 'Your services are terminated.' The actors are almost more upset than I am. They gave three goddam good performances and, badly cut, they'll be ruined. In my film, the background remains background, but Mr. Zanuck is already yelling about bigger battles. That's the kind of background he likes...
That four-letter word kept echoing in Scranton's ears. The regular Republican organization went right ahead and backed a colorless party trooper for Governor. Ike was furious. He was quoted as calling it "a miserable ticket," a "goddam rotten setup." By now, the pressure was really on Scranton. He finally agreed to run for Governor-but only on the incredible condition that all 67 of the state's brawling county chairmen endorse him. To his vast surprise, they...
...three men left the building and walked back to the car, the waiting crowd erupted in gleeful yells. "Goddam dirty nigger bastard," a teen-age boy shouted, "get out of here and stay...