“I wish I had some brandy .. it steadies me so..” #classicmovies #movieclips #1960s #whosafraidofvirginiawoolf #sandydennis #elizabethtaylor #richardburton #roadhouse scene

And there it is. Martha hates herself, too, and hates George for loving her when she doesn’t deserve it, and finding life with her, as an associate professor at Daddy’s college, to be happiness enough. #WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf #TCMParty

The screenwriter of #WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf was Ernest Lehman. He was nominated six times for the Academy Award. He never won. #TCMParty

I wish we knew more about Martha’s past. She’s older than George. How is it that the daughter of a college president goes so long unmarried, then marries someone as damaged as George? Maybe the answer is in their “son.” #WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf #TCMParty

You do wonder if George, having avoided any real punishment for the deaths of his parents, has tortured himself and manipulated Martha into torturing him in penance. #WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf #TCMParty

When I see #WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf, I think of Adlai Stevenson, a successful political leader of the 20th century. At the age of 12, Stevenson accidentally shot and killed a 16 old friend, Ruth Merwin, while demonstrating rifle drill technique. #TCMParty

One of the many things I love about #WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf is that, unlike most films, shows, and people in real life, it is unflinchingly honest that many, many of us have profound disappointment, loss, suffering, and trauma in our lives. #TCMParty

FIY, the Bette Davis flick where she says, “What a dump!” is “Beyond the Forrest” from King Vidor in 1949. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it. #WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf #TCMParty

Ya suppose the @tcm programmers chose “Rabbit Fire” to proceed #WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf because the Bugs/Daffy dynamic resembles George and Martha’s? #TCMParty