.Harold Pinter, Eartha Kitt Dead

It’s naturally standard practice to mourn the dead, but we find ourselves checking that impusle when it comes to Eartha Kitt and Harold Pinter. The fact is, both lived long, productive, exciting lives and went out celebrated by their peers and countless fans; none of us could reasonably ask for more than they wrung out of life. Kitt started life picking cotton in South Carolina by day and being beaten by her own family by night; she ended it as one of the most elegant sex symbols, songstresses, and dancers to charm the modern world. Along the way, she threw the Vietnam War right in Lady Bird Johnson’s face and made her cry. Nixon put her on his enemies list, a badge of honor in most people’s books. Pinter carved out an entirely new sensisbility in modern drama, got his name turned into an adjective, and spent his remaining years using his arsenal to dice up George W. Bush quite nicely. And both beat the actuarial tables, so there’s that. A tip o’ the hat to the both a youse.

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