Two of my favourite ripostes come from the world of entertainment. Claire Booth Luce and Dorothy Parker approached a doorway together. Luce stepped back to let Parker go through first, saying, "Age before beauty." Parker sailed through the doorway replying, "Pearls before swine."
Sir Lawrence Olivier watched with amusement as Dustin Hoffman summoned up all of his "Method", agonizingly getting into character for a dramatic scene on the set of "Marathon Man". At last he said, "Why don't you just act, dear boy?" But my favourite put down was was self administered. Michael Curtiz, while directing "The Charge of the Light Brigade, called for riderless horses to be let wander across the scene, saying, "Bring on the empty horses." Errol Flynn and David Niven cracked up laughing at his awkward English. Curtiz responded, "You people think I know f*** nothing, but I tell you, I know f***all!" regards, Anthony "Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight" (Anon) On 8 September 2011 05:11, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > They just don't insult anymore like these from the good old days ... > > Frederic Leighton on James McNeil Whistler: > “My dear Whistler, you leave your pictures in such a sketchy, unfinished > state. Why don’t you ever finish them?” > > James McNeil Whistler on Frederic Leighton: > “My dear Leighton, why do you ever begin yours?” > > http://flavorwire.com/204165/artist-insults > > > -bmw > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
