#truman and tennessee

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

You're fascinated by Truman, as are so many, because he jumped so high and lived among the clouds and the confetti, and yet he seemed so hungry, so dissatisfied. His talent never seemed to satisfy him, even though he held it close to him as closely as a beloved doll or dog. I don't know how many holes there were in Truman's soul, but I know there are many in mine: I cannot and will not judge him for wanting more of everything to fill himself up, to feel, at long last, loved. I was always able to find comfort in my work, even as I knew it wasn't the best I could do, but I can't lie and tell you I wasn't hurt when it wasn't successful, when it didn't find an appreciative audience. We need so much, and I think Truman is here for us to be a symbol of need, of lack, of all the empty rooms upon which glitter rains.

Tennessee Williams on Truman Capote, Interview with James Grissom, 1982

[formerlibrarian]

Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams

[villainesfilles]

Tennessee Williams

[thegayjoker]

happy pride to them and them only

[queerographies]

[Colazione da Truman][Lawrence Grobel]

A metà strada tra il gossip letterario e la riflessione culturale su un’epoca mitica, "Colazione da Truman" offre il ritratto del Novecento americano e dei suoi protagonisti, dalla viva voce di un testimone d’eccezione.

«Tutta la letteratura è pettegolezzo». Così Truman Capote, il maestro del new journalism, liquida con una delle sue abituali provocazioni antiletterarie qualsiasi visione sacrale dell’arte e dell’artista. È il Capote più irriverente quello che emerge dalle pagine di questo libro-intervista, in cui Lawrence Grobel ha raccolto due anni di incontri e conversazioni con l’autore di “A sangue freddo”.…

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[kylieswift31]

Two graves, one gun

“Still alive, killing time at the cemetery.

Never quite buried.” 🪦🪦

The connections between the box of lies skit and Taylor’s music videos suggest that Taylor has been telling a queer love story that began with two people stuck in the closet. Taylor™ went on as the narrator to tell their story from the perspective of Romeo and Juliet while her muse stayed hidden in the shadows. 🐈🐈‍⬛

Just like a game of poker, the box of lies skit is designed to test your ability to detect whether your opponent is lying or not. This ties into Taylor being an unreliable narrator, a plot device that typically relies on concealing the truth with a lie in the very beginning. Much like a house of cards or a tower of Jenga, this creates a foundation that is built on an unstable footing where one small move can make the whole thing come crumbling down.

This is what the invisible string symbolises. It’s a trail of spider web woven in the shadows that’s only visible when you shine a light on it “We think we know someone, but the truth is that we only know the version of them they have chosen to show us.” -reputation prologue. Considering what we don’t see or hear, such as who could be sitting in the audience while Taylor’s on stage, helps to expose our blind spots.

The man wall has had everyone hitting dead ends because it was a reflection of the ‘man you script’, a red herring designed to distract everyone. Just like Truman declared his plans to travel to Fiji when he had bigger plans, this isn’t Taylor’s version either. Her ultimate plan seems to involve the tortured poets department in some way. When Taylor opened the 3rd box she revealed a grimace themed book that contained a burger and fries, a reference to the end scene of ‘you need to calm down’. Another book seen on the show was the Grimm’s fairytale book that contained a bottle of Tennessee whiskey, as well as a class of 1790 year book that looks a lot like what Taylor would’ve written in her year book.

In the 1st box she opened was a pair of binoculars with a lanyard that said ‘I can see corn’. It also had to pieces of corn in one end and two pieces of baby corn in the other. This was the first music video (chronologically based on album) to include the contrast between red and blue.

It feels like there’s two stories being told at once here, with the left referencing a love story and the right referencing a plan for revenge.

There was a comment during one of the skits about the turtle being inside the burger, which feels like a reference to the tale of the tortoise and the hare. And I understand there’s also a deeper message being referenced with the pizza here, but I feel like it’s also dangling a missing piece of the puzzle in front of everyone that will seem obvious in hindsight.

These are just a few of the items that seem to tie into Questlove’s game nights. The rainbow cereal time turner is from four years ago and the good guys club house is from last month.

There so many movie references here that I believe tie into Taylor’s muse hiding in the shadows. There’s reference to scary movies and the pumpkins tying into the @spade-riddles pumpkin anon, Elsa’s isolation from her sister in frozen, the grinch living on the top of the mountain away from everyone else, Star Wars characters being used as mascots, the friendship between Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street with the rubber duckies and also the lucky cat that was kept in Taylor’s cleaning cart on the eras tour.

As I was watching these videos I was seeing a pattern emerge with boxes 3, 4 and 5 in particular containing the most references to Taylor or her muse. And box 1 seemed to be tied with the most references to trolling or tied to a bigger enemy.

I could go on but be here all day. What all of these items seem to suggest is that Taylor has been sharing two different stories with us simultaneously. One is a story about karma and creating lasting change and the other is about a loving relationship hidden in the shadows. 🐈🐈‍⬛

[notasfilosoficas]

“La desesperación no es el resultado del fracaso. Es el resultado de no haber intentado lo suficiente”

Paul Bowles

Fue un escritor y compositor estadounidense, nacido en Nueva York. Conocido principalmente por su obra literaria, es considerado como uno de los grandes escritores del siglo XX y una figura clave en la literatura de la Generación Perdida.

De abuelos alemanes, su padre era un odontólogo y músico frustrado. Desde temprana edad Bowles mostró interés por la música y la escritura y tuvo la oportunidad de estudiar con el renombrado compositor Aaron Copland.  Fue autor de partituras para Ballet y compuso música de muchas películas y obras de teatro.

Bowles derivado de sus desavenencias con sus padres decide abandonar el seno familiar a la edad de 19 años, vivió en París en la década de 1930, en donde conoció a Ezra Pound, el poeta, músico y ensayista estadounidense, y a la escritora Djuna Barnes.

En 1938 contrajo matrimonio con Jane Auer, autora de teatro y novelista. Tras haber vivido en Europa, Centroamérica y Ceilán, la pareja estableció su residencia permanente en Tánger Marruecos en donde vivió por más de 50 años. Su amor por Marruecos y su cultura influenciaron gran parte de su trabajo literario.

Bowles tenía una fascinación por lo viajes y la exploración. Durante su vida visitó y vivió en varios países de Europa, Africa, América del Sur y Asia, lo que el permitió experimentar y absorber diferentes culturas y aprender de sus sociedades.

Su primera novela, “El cielo protector”, escrita en 1949, gozó de un éxito de ventas y posteriormente fue llevada al cine por el director Bernardo Bertolucci. En dicha obra, la acción transcurre en dos planos, el desierto africano exterior y el desierto interior de los protagonistas. Esta novela es en parte autobiográfica.

En sus siguientes dos novelas; “Déjala que caiga” (1952) y “La casa de la araña” (1955) relata la extraña integración a la cultura musulmana a europeos o norteamericanos que terminan inmersos en una auténtica crisis de identidad, que los lleva a alienarse en un mundo de alcohol y drogas.

Es en esta época que Bowles se relaciona con la Gay Society con figuras como Luchino Visconti, Tennessee Williams y Truman Capote, así como con la generación Beat, (William Burroughs, y Allen Ginsberg) entre otros, introduciendo a parte de esta generación en algunas drogas curiosas como el majoun.

En 1972 publicó “Memorias de un nómada” y un año después murió su mujer en un hospital de Málaga, tras un largo internamiento de 16 años por demencia. 

Bowles vivió una vida poco convencional y desafiante. Mantuvo una relación abierta con su esposa, de quien Bowles sospechaba que la relación lésbica que tuvo ella con una sirvienta doméstica marroquí la había envenenado o endemoniado, y mantuvo relaciones bisexuales y homosexuales a lo largo de su vida. 

La vida y obra de Paul Bowles ha dejado un legado duradero en el mundo de la literatura y la música. Su capacidad para explorar las profundidades de la psicología humana y retratar la complejidad de la existencia lo convierte en un autor notablemente relevante en la historia de la literatura, y su escritura continúa siendo leída por su originalidad y su cruda representación de la condición humana.

Paul Bowles fallece en noviembre de 1999 en una habitación del hospital Italiano de Tanger a la edad de 88 años.

Fuentes: Wikipedia, buscabiografias.com, bookey.app

[pupsmailbox]

STARTING WITH T

MASCULINE︰ tad. tadeo. talbot. talon. tanner. tate. tatton. tatum. tayler. taylor. teagen. ted. teddie. teddy. tel. tennyson. terance. terell. terence. terrance. terrell. terrence. terry. tevin. tex. thad. thaddeus. thane. thatcher. theo. theobald. theodore. thiago. thom. thomas. thorburn. thorley. thornton. thurstan. tibby. tiger. tim. timmy. timothy. titan. titus. tobias. tobin. toby. tod. todd. tolly. tom. tomas. tommie. tommy. tony. topher. torin. tory. trace. tracy. trafford. tranter. travers. travis. trent. trenton. trev. trevelyan. trevor. trey. tripp. tristan. tristen. tristin. triston. tristram. tristyn. troy. tru. true. trueman. truett. truman. tucker. turner. ty. tye. tylar. tyler. tylor. tyrell. tyron. tyrone. tyrrell. tyson.

FEMININE︰ tabitha. taelynn. tahlia. tala. tali. talia. taliah. taliyah. tallulah. tamara. tamsin. tania. tanya. tara. taryn. tatiana. tatum. taya. taylor. taylyn. taytum. teagan. tegan. temperance. tempest. tenley. teresa. terra. tess. tessa. thalia. thea. thelma. theodora. theodosia. theresa. therese. thora. théa. tia. tiana. tianna. tiffany. tilda. tillie. tilly. timber. tina. tinley. tinslee. tinsley. titania. tomasa. toni. tori. treasure. treva. trinity. tru. trudy. true. twyla. tyler. tyria.

NEUTRAL︰ taelyn. tai. tailor. taiwo. taj. takoda. talent. tali. tally. talon. talyn. taryn. tatum. taunt. taxi. taylen. tayler. taylin. taylor. taylow. taylyn. taytum. tea. teagan. teagen. teal. tear. techno. teddy. teegan. tegan. teigan. teigen. tempt. tennessee. tenzin. term. terran. terri. terry. texas. thai. theo. theory. therefore. thorn. thrifty. thriller. thunder. thyri. ticket. tide. tie. tiger. tilden. timber. time. tinker. tint. titan. tobi. tobias. tobin. toby. tommie. toni. tonight. tony. torch. torn. tory. tower. townes. toxic. trace. tracy. trainer. trance. treasure. trek. trinity. trip. triple. tristin. tristyn. trouble. tru. truce. true. trust. truth. tuesday. tulip. turbo. turner. tussle. twilight. twin. twist. tylee. tyler. tylin. tyme.

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

He searches his entire life for his mother, a distant, pretty woman in a cloud of perfume, racing toward a dream life. The dream died, and she killed herself, and Truman spends his life in perfumed rooms, pulling at elegant skirts, and then punishes women before they can leave him. —Tennessee Williams on Truman Capote.

Ph Irving Penn

[formerlibrarian]

James, Gore, Tennessee, and Truman

[importantwomensbirthdays]

Edna Lewis

Chef and author Edna Lewis was born in 1916 in Freetown, Virginia. Lewis came to be known as the "grande dame of southern cooking" and the "mother of soul food" for her work in promoting southern cuisine. She opened a restaurant in New York City, Café Nicholson, where she cooked for luminaries such as Truman Capote, Eleanor Roosevelt, Greta Garbo, and Tennessee Williams. After she left Café Nicholson, she continued to build her reputation as a chef. Lewis wrote four books, and received nearly every major culinary industry award, including a James Beard Living Legend Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

Edna Lewis died in 2006 at the age of 89.

[girlofcosmicmagic]

"This is a photograph of the Beatles that the vast majority of people, even the most devoted fans of the band, have not seen. In a photo taken in Hamburg in 1962, in the port district of Hamburg at the Star–Club in Riperban, and which their manager Brian Epstein kept secret for many years, the Beatles are holding cones containing preludin tablets, they are also "prelies" in the jargon of those times: a dietary remedy that The band members took it in order not to collapse from exhaustion during the many hours of concerts. The active ingredient in these tablets is phenmetrazine, a stimulant that is banned worldwide today. At one time, fenmetrazine was wildly popular, and it was taken, according to biographers, including John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and Marilyn Monroe." - @rhapsodynew

[ignitesthestxrs]

still working my way through truman capote's letters and it turns out he was friends with tennessee williams, whom he referred to as 'Tenn' and occasionally '10' and with whom he ended up in several moderately disastrous gay adventures (broke into his apartment as a joke when he wasn't there and got arrested about it when the neighbours noticed, was on a trip with him in rome when a sex worker tw had previous engaged with robbed his house and tw did not want to go to the cops about it for fear of being outed. tw also lost the manuscript for his latest play on this misadventure.)

he was also childhood friends with, of all people, harper lee, who saved him from bullies when she was a young tomboy and he was a young effete boy in small town alabama, and they both had expys of their childhood selves in each others' books.

[woodsteingirl]

max jacobson is really fucking funny to me. imagine treating john f. kennedy, mel allen, lauren bacall, ingrid bergman, leonard bernstein, humphrey bogart, yul brynner, maria callas, truman capote, van cliburn, montgomery clift, rosemary clooney, bob cummings, maya deren, cecil b. demille, marlene dietrich, eddie fisher, judy garland, hedy lamarr, alan jay lerner, oscar levant, mickey mantle, hugh martin, liza minnelli, thelonious monk, marilyn monroe, zero mostel, elvis presley, anthony quinn, paul robeson, nelson rockefeller, david o. selznick, elizabeth taylor, kay thompson, grace lee whitney, billy wilder, and tennessee williams………. what a lineup….

[bitter69uk]

“Tennessee Williams saved my life … Yes, Tennessee Williams was my childhood friend. I yearned for a bad influence and Tennessee was one in the best sense of the word: joyous, alarming, sexually confusing and dangerously funny. I didn’t quite “get” “Desire and the Black Masseur” when I read it in One Arm, but I hoped I would one day. The thing I did know after finishing the book was that I didn’t have to listen to the lies the teachers told us about society’s rules. I didn’t have to worry about fitting in with a crowd I didn’t want to hang out with in the first place. No, there was another world that Tennessee Williams knew about, a universe filled with special people who didn’t want to be a part of this dreary conformist life that I was told I had to join.” 

/ John Waters reflecting on the influence of literary hero Tennessee Williams in his book Role Models (2010) /

Died on this day 40 years ago: my all-time favourite playwright, Tennessee Williams (25 March 1911 – 25 February 1983). In retrospect, it’s miraculous he lasted as long as he did. As detailed in John Lahr’s mammoth, juicy biography Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, the brilliant but self-destructive William’s gargantuan, obliterating intake of alcohol and drugs would have stultified a horse! In the sixties Williams turned paranoid, convinced his then-boyfriend was putting ground glass in his vodka bottle. The delusions were a symptom of his drug habit: “The pills … included barbiturates and “fire-shots” – injections that could include amphetamines, painkillers, vitamins and human placenta – doled out by Dr Max Jacobson, a purveyor of speed to the rich and famous whose nickname was “Dr Feelgood””. Other recipients of the corrupt high society doctor’s “miracle tissue regenerator” shots included Marlene Dietrich, Truman Capote, Nelson Rockerfeller and John F Kennedy. To be fair, Jacobson warned Williams not to mix the injections with liquor – which the alcoholic Williams ignored. Now we know the inspiration for Liz Taylor in the 1968 film Boom! screaming out for “My injection!” Pictured:  portrait of Williams at Tor San Lorenzo by Paolo Di Paolo, 1955.