Memories of Joel Crothers

[Annie]

Hi Gothick  glad  you had a great time listening to the Author of  the book  on Joel  Crothers.
                     Take  Care Love  Anne 

[MagnusTrask]

After watching 1966/early '67 for the first time a couple years ago, I was impressed with Crothers' acting as Joe, and it certainly wasn't because I tend to like plain old mainstream characters, because I don't.   There was clearly a mind at work there, doing all he could to get across the character's hidden pain and conflict, making sure to do it with subtlety to make it genuine and affecting.   It never seemed like effortless "just be yourself" acting.

[Gothick]

Hi Annie, thanks for your nice note.

Just to clarify, Felice has not written a book about Joel.  I inquired if Felice would be publishing more of his diaries from the late 70s and 1980s but his response was somewhat evasive--I gather that if more is published, there may have to be some editing involved to protect some reputations!

Felice has published two books of short stories that are fictionalized versions of material he has selected from the diary, but he specifically told me that none of the stories has Joel has a subject.

Best, Gothick