Word: macbird
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Perhaps Playwright Barbara Garson should be forgiven for the tasteless liberties she has taken in MacBird [March 3]: she has reminded us that we are lucky to be living in a country where such liberties are generously permitted...
...Poor Barbara Garson! Now that the critics have roasted MacBird into a gilt-edged annuity, she will have to reconcile herself to fame and a fat purse. That's a hell of an albatross to hang on a fully committed protester. If that's what...
Does she or doesn't she know what MacBird is? Only her conscience knows for sure. Does it recognize the distinction between veracity and audacity? Between opportunity and opportunism? Between guts and gall? Between taste and twaddle? These critical distinctions can be blurred in print and in protest. But on a stage they stand out naked...
Several months ago the director of MacBird approached my gallery with the idea of using a 1961 painting of mine called Clown in Armor as a backdrop for his production of MacBird. I did not wish to be associated with this play and refused him my permission...
Some of my friends, having seen the photograph in TIME, have expressed surprise that I would lend my work to such a play. I would like to make it clear that I had nothing to do with this production of MacBird...