tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post167058974720227095..comments2024-03-27T13:13:25.164-04:00Comments on johnshaplin: 'Everybody should be bigoted'; Henry Jaglom and Orson Wellesjohnshaplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post-52909491296239240552014-03-11T08:57:40.817-04:002014-03-11T08:57:40.817-04:00We looked at 8 houses for sale in "South Phil...We looked at 8 houses for sale in "South Philly" yesterday and I became temporarily bigoted against the "Italian-American" influence on the properties: all trees have been cut down ("they're messy....they bring pests"), the walls have been covered in panelling and mirrors, the floors have been covered in carpet, the ceilings have been dropped so they are LOWER, and the only big windows are obscured by hideous awnings. <br />Eden Atlashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08869061970827958566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post-9604416654912276692014-03-11T00:11:34.383-04:002014-03-11T00:11:34.383-04:00The quality of the tapes varies drastically. Many ...The quality of the tapes varies drastically. Many of them are clear, but some, with the recorder lying muffled in Jaglom’s bag, are indistinct, and so I have taken occasional liberties with the text –adding or subtracting phrases, smoothing out syntax –for the purpose of making conversations more concise and intelligible. Occasionally, I have attributed material to Wells that is quoted in Jaglom’s diaries or furnished by him in interviews with me. With his permission, I have sometimes altered his comments with an eyes to furnishing context. Welles was, above all, a great entertainer, a fabulator who, like Scheherazade, learned early to sing for his supper. Some of the stories he tells in these conversations will have a familiar ring, and, indeed, they have been told elsewhere, but they were too good to go unrepeated, and since he always provided fresh details or new twists in every telling, I have included them.johnshaplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.com