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Actress Joan Hackett was appalled by the evolution of New York's theater district. "Times Square is as evil as it can be," she said. "I was propositioned by a girl who looked about 17. It's not just money, working on Broadway, it's prestige-and it's no longer prestigious to be part of one large massage parlor." Sixty other theater people, including Ruby Keeler and Robert Morse, joined Joan in petitioning Mayor John V. Lindsay to establish an official red-light district remote from Broadway. After two months, the mayor solemnly wrote back...
...Linda Hackett, wife of a New York oil executive, taught herself to sew several years ago when she couldn't find pants for her long-legged, size-8 frame. Soon she began designing her own slacks-and got more than a good fit for her efforts. One day at the beach, a Saks Fifth Avenue buyer spotted Linda in a pair of sleek white slacks and signed her up to design a line of sports clothes for the store...
...wonders about the psychology underlying the phenomenon of "Mafia chic" [April 17]. What is it about the gangster Joey Gallo that appeals to people like Actress Joan Hackett and Author Marta Curro? Are they titillated by the company of violent and dangerous men? Would they find such men "absolutely charming" and "fascinating" if they were to witness firsthand a gangland slaying...
...introduced Joey Gallo (and hundreds of others) to authors like Camus and Sartre when I was education supervisor at Attica state prison. Like Joan Hackett and Jerry Orbach I too can believe that "something happened to him" when he "read and studied." For lack of a better term we called it part of the "rehabilitation" program...
...truth seems to be that Gallo was leading a schizophrenic life in those last days: a steel-tough gunman in racket circles; a philosophic, warm conversationalist outside the Mob. Whether he was really at home in both roles, or just a good actor, he was clearly convincing. Actress Joan Hackett found him fascinating well before she knew of his Mafia connections. "I liked him completely apart from any grotesque glamorization of the underworld," she recalls. "I thought his attempt to leave that life was genuine. He was the brightest person I've ever known." But Gallo also conceded that...