burning with a hard,
gemlike flame – it’s something they
learn in school, I think
First published on June 18th, 1938, in the New Yorker Magazine.
The drawing was republished in one of the editions of Thurber’s book, Men Women and Dogs with the caption:
It’s a strange mood she’s in, kind of a cross between Baby Doll and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
No explanation for the change but it would be difficult to get into a haiku.
According to Wikipedia: Baby Doll is a 1956 American black comedy film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Carroll Baker, Karl Malden and Eli Wallach. It was produced by Kazan and Tennessee Williams, and adapted by Williams from two of his own one-act plays: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and The Unsatisfactory Supper. The plot focuses on a feud between two rival cotton gin owners in rural Mississippi.
Filmed in Mississippi in late 1955, Baby Doll was released in December 1956. It provoked significant controversy, mostly because of its implied sexual themes, and the National Legion of Decency condemned the film.
WOW!
Kind of a cross between Baby Doll and Elizabeth Barrett Browning or burning with a hard, gemlike flame that might be something learned in school.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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