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re: Michael Riedel Today: Broadway star Lauren Bacall “as adored as she was formidable”

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:06 pm EDT 08/15/14
In reply to: re: Michael Riedel Today: Broadway star Lauren Bacall “as adored as she was formidable” - JayBee 01:28 pm EDT 08/15/14

You're welcome. There seem to be a lot of reading comprehension problems around here lately :-)


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re: Michael Riedel Today: Broadway star Lauren Bacall “as adored as she was formidable”

Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 06:48 pm EDT 08/16/14
In reply to: re: Michael Riedel Today: Broadway star Lauren Bacall “as adored as she was formidable” - Michael_Portantiere 02:06 pm EDT 08/15/14

Riedel's punctuation is sloppy -- the comma after "Charlie" is unnecessary. However, since Bacall married Robards in 1961, Riedel clearly is implying that Cactus Flower was not a hit.


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re: Michael Riedel Today: Broadway star Lauren Bacall “as adored as she was formidable”

Posted by: Thom915 (Thom915@aol.com) 07:28 pm EDT 08/16/14
In reply to: re: Michael Riedel Today: Broadway star Lauren Bacall “as adored as she was formidable” - BroadwayTonyJ 06:48 pm EDT 08/16/14

Although the Oxford comma is seldom used in newspaper writing, it is purely acceptable. Why is Riedel criticized for absolutely everything?


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re: Michael Riedel Today: Broadway star Lauren Bacall “as adored as she was formidable”

Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 08:03 pm EDT 08/16/14
In reply to: re: Michael Riedel Today: Broadway star Lauren Bacall “as adored as she was formidable” - Thom915 07:28 pm EDT 08/16/14

Cactus Flower was the biggest stage hit of Bacall's career -- it ran for 1234 performances -- a far greater hit than Applause. I only mentioned the punctuation error because it obscures the exact meaning of his statement (as can be seen by the different interpretaions given above by various posters).


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