IN MEMORIAM: Alec Guinness
Ronald Hilton - 8/26/00
Don Mabry rightly rebukes me for being too sweeping in my condemnation of
actors. Actually, my comments have a long perdigree, from Plato through the
Puritans, who likewise were too sweeping. The theater has a noble
tradition, of which Shakespeare is an exemplar. Unfortunately that
tradition has been swamped by Hollywood, with its cult of violence for the
sake of violence. That not all is lost is shown by the continuing appeal of
Gilbert and Sullivan, delighful, harmless fun.However, I am afraid the
battle is being lost. Gresham's law.
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