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From: weheardthenews on 10 Aug 2010 18:12
.... "Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the
actress in me cannot deny that comparison. And Pete Rose belongs in
the Hall of Fame."
From: Will in New Haven on 10 Aug 2010 19:40
On Aug 10, 6:12 pm, weheardthenews <weheardthen...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> ... "Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the
> actress in me cannot deny that comparison.  And Pete Rose belongs in
> the Hall of Fame."

Why would her life be likened to a Greek tragedy? It's not like she
was Pete, fatal flaw, Rose.

--
Will in New Haven
From: Frank Sereno on 10 Aug 2010 20:56
On 8/10/2010 6:40 PM, Will in New Haven wrote:
> On Aug 10, 6:12 pm, weheardthenews<weheardthen...(a)aol.com> wrote:
>> ... "Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the
>> actress in me cannot deny that comparison. And Pete Rose belongs in
>> the Hall of Fame."
>
> Why would her life be likened to a Greek tragedy? It's not like she
> was Pete, fatal flaw, Rose.
>
> --
> Will in New Haven

She had a daughter die of measles at the age of 7. Another child
suffered brain damage when his baby carriage was hit by a passing
vehicle. While pregnant with another child, Neal suffered a
stroke/aneurysm before the age of 40 which is a fairly rare
occurrence. She suffered partial paralysis and blindness for some
time after the injury. I know that plenty of people have had more
difficulties in their lives, but I think she had enough serious
setbacks to earn the Greek tragedy comparison.
From: Will in New Haven on 11 Aug 2010 11:44
On Aug 10, 8:56 pm, Frank Sereno <fser...(a)domain.invalid> wrote:
> On 8/10/2010 6:40 PM, Will in New Haven wrote:
>
> > On Aug 10, 6:12 pm, weheardthenews<weheardthen...(a)aol.com>  wrote:
> >> ... "Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the
> >> actress in me cannot deny that comparison.  And Pete Rose belongs in
> >> the Hall of Fame."
>
> > Why would her life be likened to a Greek tragedy? It's not like she
> > was Pete, fatal flaw, Rose.
>
> > --
> > Will in New Haven
>
> She had a daughter die of measles at the age of 7. Another child
> suffered brain damage when his baby carriage was hit by a passing
> vehicle. While pregnant with another child, Neal suffered a
> stroke/aneurysm before the age of 40 which is a fairly rare
> occurrence. She suffered partial paralysis and blindness for some
> time after the injury. I know that plenty of people have had more
> difficulties in their lives, but I think she had enough serious
> setbacks to earn the Greek tragedy comparison.

She had lots of setbacks but they weren't caused by a flaw in her own
character, at least no one has _said_ they were. Greek tragedies were
about great people, which she was, with fatal flaws. Some of those
flaws, such as the one that doomed Oedipus, were not what a modern
would call the person's own _fault_ or even something we would call a
character flaw but the flaw was always there. I think she was a great
actress and a courageous human being who had unfortunate things happen
to her.

--
Will in New Haven
Pete Rose will not get into the Hall of Fame until he is dead.
From: weheardthenews on 11 Aug 2010 17:25
On Aug 11, 8:44 am, Will in New Haven
<bill.re...(a)taylorandfrancis.com> wrote:
> On Aug 10, 8:56 pm, Frank Sereno <fser...(a)domain.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 8/10/2010 6:40 PM, Will in New Haven wrote:
>
> > > On Aug 10, 6:12 pm, weheardthenews<weheardthen...(a)aol.com>  wrote:
> > >> ... "Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the
> > >> actress in me cannot deny that comparison.  And Pete Rose belongs in
> > >> the Hall of Fame."
>
> > > Why would her life be likened to a Greek tragedy? It's not like she
> > > was Pete, fatal flaw, Rose.
>
> > > --
> > > Will in New Haven
>
> > She had a daughter die of measles at the age of 7. Another child
> > suffered brain damage when his baby carriage was hit by a passing
> > vehicle. While pregnant with another child, Neal suffered a
> > stroke/aneurysm before the age of 40 which is a fairly rare
> > occurrence. She suffered partial paralysis and blindness for some
> > time after the injury. I know that plenty of people have had more
> > difficulties in their lives, but I think she had enough serious
> > setbacks to earn the Greek tragedy comparison.
>
> She had lots of setbacks but they weren't caused by a flaw in her own
> character, at least no one has _said_ they were. Greek tragedies were
> about great people, which she was, with fatal flaws. Some of those
> flaws, such as the one that doomed Oedipus, were not what a modern
> would call the person's own _fault_ or even something we would call a
> character flaw but the flaw was always there. I think she was a great
> actress and a courageous human being who had unfortunate things happen
> to her.
>
> --
> Will in New Haven
> Pete Rose will not get into the Hall of Fame until he is dead.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Willy, your life can be likened to a geek tragedy.
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