The passing of a fabled star like Kirk Douglas always prompts obits that are respectful, if not adulatory, replete with a signature photo – Spartacus in Douglas’ case. But now a major re-think is o…
Decisions about death have always been provocative. Joe Allen, the historic after-theater haunt in New York’s theater district, long ago turned its walls into an historic “obit” of dead plays. Some producers, like David Merrick, complained to management because a couple of his instant disasters failed to make the wall — they didn’t die fast enough to qualify, Joe Allen explained.Habitual obit readers argue that some of the best writing in journalism is embraced in these pages.
In Rocca’s view, some historic figures have been victims of obit snubs for other reasons: Witness Giacomo Meyerbeer, who essentially invented the opera . Or Lois Weber, the first “bankable” female director . Rocca also argues that certain countries, now extinct, should have been accorded national obits, such as Prussia and Assyria. Or even Sodom and Gomorrah.will deal with history’s neglected heroes, it is doubtful whether our primitive forebears will qualify for the Obamas’ self-defined Higher Ground.
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