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re: What an unpleasant collection of anecdotes.

Posted by:	shadowlight 09:37 am EDT 08/15/14
In reply to:	Michael Riedel Today: Broadway star Lauren Bacall “as adored as she was formidable” - jesse21 07:09 am EDT 08/15/14

“Oh. Well, of course she can’t sell any tickets!” Bacall said. “That’s how we got her to go on,” Wilner says. Welch turned out to be even more of a diva than Bacall. Two weeks into her run, the entire cast showed up at the theater wearing T-shirts. They read: “Bring back Betty!” IF Bacall actually said that, she was not only not a "consummate professional", but also incredibly petty. The claim that she threatened not to go on for her final performance over an ad makes no sense. What were they going to do to appease her? Make the ad magically disappear? Give her another diamond bracelet? I also doubt the veracity of the insulting group tshirt incident. However much a diva Welch may have been, that is unacceptable and unprofessional behavior. What stage manager would allow that? Who but Riedel would think his article makes Bacall sound like a "formidable" diva, worthy of adoration? If I were to get a picture of her based on his article alone, I would think she was a shallow, demanding, childish, greedy, insecure bitch - and bitch wasn't the first word that came to mind. Diva wasn't the second.

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