
Mark Harris on Molly Day Thacher and Elia Kazan
Significant Others
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Is That How You Write Death of a Salesman?
She saved the play, which is incredible. When arthur miller told them that he was writing about the salem witch trials, she was the one who instantly was like, what the hell? Why are you doing that? Like she knew exactly what that play was going to be about. And she said, it's a false equivalency,. because there were no such thing as witches, but communist ii as that. She signed his programme to her, to molly, for an effect, saving it. Ates. There they are few and far betweententhe. I know, right? Absolutely.
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