Groucho Marx Arthur Sheekman
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Groucho Marx Arthur Sheekman A. Groucho Marx successfully dominated all kinds of entertainment in his career in the show business which lasted for over 70 years, gaining great stardom on Broadway, on the vaudeville stage, in movies, on the radio, and television. But, as the writer of seven books, a play, two film screenplays, and over a hundred magazine articles and essays, Groucho silently dominated yet another field, one in which he was just as proud to work as the others. His writing is frequently neglected in assessments of his career, probably due to the quantity and range of his other work. B. Many reviewers, including his biographer, wrongly assumed that Groucho used a ghostwriter throughout his literary career. The majority of Hollywood celebrities who have written books had professional authors do the actual writing. Even though Groucho said many times in public that he dislikes ghostwriters, his relationship with Arthur Sheekman makes it hard to believe him. Groucho and Sheekman had a unique literary friendship that spanned many years. They worked together, and each gave the other editorial help. Groucho briefly fronted for Sheekman in the early 1940s when he was struggling to get his work sold. As a result of endorsing somebody's work, Groucho exposed all of his literary projects to skepticism from critics who flat-out refused to accept that an entertainer could write. C. Some of Sheekman's magazine pieces were published with Groucho's name on them. This is clear from reading their unedited letters to one another. According to the letters, there are three types of Groucho's writings from this period: first, those that Groucho wrote entirely on his own without any input from Sheekman. In a letter dated July 1, 1940, Groucho questioned Sheekman, "Did you see that Reader's Digest's little piece? On March 17, 1941, he wrote, "My drool is going out in next week's issue of This Week so cancel your subscription immediately." It is obvious that Sheekman was not involved in an article that he was asked to find out. D. The second and perhaps the largest category of Groucho's essays from this period is those that he wrote himself and sent to Sheekman for editorial assistance. On July 20, 1940, Groucho wrote, "I'm sending you a copy of the article I wrote." Another page or so is probably needed to finish it, but our start date [for filming Go West] arrived and I haven't had the opportunity to complete it. Tell me what you think, but be honest, because any other kind of judgment would be of no help to me. I'm not going to try to influence you by telling you about previous reactions, so tell me the truth for the love of God.' Shortly after, on October 10, Groucho sent one letter in which he stated: "I received your recommendations on my work - I'm happy you like it if you did - you're probably right about the opening. 'I'll do it again.' On July 25, Groucho Kanan.co wrote Sheekman a letter. It appears that a financial agreement was made regarding Sheekman's recommendations in 1942. On the same day, Groucho also wrote: "I'm writing a boring piece on insomnia and I'll give it to you in a week or so, I hope. I'd appreciate your opinion, proofread — fixing all the glaring illiteracies and, otherwise, do a nice polishing job." E. The remaining essays by Groucho from this period fall into the third category: Sheekman compositions with varying amounts of Groucho input. The level of Groucho's contributions to the third category of writing ranges from actually proposing the concept and developing an outline to merely rewriting some paragraphs to include his own style in the piece. Groucho wrote on 10 July 1940, I feel you must write another political post about a campaign for This Week or another magazine. I believe you should take advantage of the fact that this is going to be a very popular topic over the next few months. If you write to me, I'll try to make notes of a few things you may complain about.' The course of events would presumably continue with Sheekman forwarding an essay to Groucho asking for his review and any necessary rewrites. Groucho wrote on May 29, 1940, 'Got your piece and read it through.' Groucho always addressed a work as either "my piece" or "your piece" in his letters to Sheekman. The letter continued with the following: "I think the piece is good... and I'll send this to him and see if he can sell it." I'll just rewrite some of your paragraphs; I didn't guarantee they'll be better, but they might seem more like me. Groucho was worried enough about this arrangement to spend the time to at least give the piece a touch of his style. F. Groucho didn't need this entire deal. He paid the money to Sheekman, and his work was published without trouble. The main reason he submitted Sheekman's work to magazines in his name was to make Sheekman's work more marketable owing to Groucho's fame. Sheekman probably wasn't Download 44.19 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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