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Awful Case of Life Imitating Art

posted 12 years ago by spyott
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This is showing at the moment here in Australia. I have always liked the evergreen actor Michael Craig in both his early work that I remember seeing in the UK and his later TV work in Australia. However, I could not believe the awful coincidence of Susan Hayward playing the part of a character afflicted with brain cancer and then eventually dying of the condition herself. Steve

"Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book" Cicero

[–] MyMovieTVRomance 8 years ago

I know! That's all I kept thinking about while watching it. Spooky as heck! And very unnerving.

Please excuse typos/funny wording; I use speech-recognition that doesn't always recognize!

[–] spyott 8 years ago

This type of situation must be something actors have to deal with, or at least think about - dealing with the comparison and contrast of the fact and fiction of human existence. I was particularly moved by a situation involving Tony Hancock where he jokes about dying early in The Blood Donor - 'I could go tomorrow' (because he donates enough to charity) and then years later, while still a relatively young man, we get to see his suicide note about how everything in his life went wrong too many times. I now find it quite difficult watching actors and other performers being aware of any dramatic events that may have happened in their later life.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book" Cicero