Talk:George S. Kaufman

Merrily We Roll Along

An anonymous user wrote that Merrily We Roll Along was not a hit, and that the Stephen Sondheim version in 1981 was more popular. Not true. The 1935 edition ran for five months, the 1981 revival less than two weeks. See it on IBDB [1]. --K72ndst 00:29, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

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Removal of line from Celebrity

I removed this line:

"Part of the commercial appeal of Kaufman's persona was derived from the fact that he, like Dorothy Parker, appeared to be a serious type of person, surrounded by effete or demonstrative celebrities like Woollcott, Franklin P. Adams, and Harpo Marx

--because it is an unreferenced opinion, not fact. How does one determine who is "effete" or a "demonstrative celebrity"? (What is a demonstrative celebrity anyway??)Nowax 19:14, 25 May 2007 (UTC)Nowax

Yes, it is an unreferenced opinion, and should be out. But if you read "Harpo Speaks," you'll know why "demonstrative" is the perfect word to describe Alexander Wollcott. 66.191.43.60 (talk) 20:55, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

@66.191.43.60:, you are responding to a question asked in 2007. :/ Cyphoidbomb (talk) 09:24, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

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"Barton Fink"

Would it not be correct to say that, at least in appearance, Barton Fink is modelled after Kaufman? WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 15:56, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Producing

I only know of two shows that Kaufman produced. Seems like his production credits are being overstated, unless theres more than I know. (I'm more of a musical theatre person, so obviously there could be more, but there was no real organized off-Broadway at the time and IMDB only lists two.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alisar (talk • contribs) 06:16, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Always and The Cocoanuts

The "Musical theatre" section discusses "[t]he discarded song []as 'Always'" but the Wikipedia page on the song calls this a myth. The two should be brought into accord. Czrisher (talk) 16:20, 5 December 2018 (UTC)