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Gloria and Audrey
Film critic Bill Newcott shares a conversation with Gloria Steinem on Audrey Hepburn's character, Holly Golightly, in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Gloria Steinem, 1975 (left) and Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1961 (Wikimedia Commons / Wikimedia Commons)
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Thanks Bill, for having created this unique feature. I’ve always admired Ms. Steinem for what she had to say, and the way she said it. She was one of the factors in my mom going back to work in 1976, and being less nervous about it from an appearance by her on the ‘Dick Cavett Show’.
Gloria’s observations on Audrey’s character in ‘Tiffany’s’ I found interesting, and how both women were activists in different ways, both equally important. I only saw the film for the first time about 3 years ago on TCM.
It was an entertaining film from the standpoint of style, kind of like ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ 7 years later, where the lack of real substance otherwise basically didn’t matter.
In all honesty, the real gem in ‘Tiffany’s’ was Mickey Rooney’s portrayal of Mr. Yunioshi; a role he was born to play, and to perfection at that. There, I said it.