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Striking writers kowtow to puffy scab Elizabeth Taylor

December 3rd, 2007 by Scott Marks

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Elizabeth Taylor only seems to leave her house in order to shine a spotlight on diseases (AIDS, Michael Jackson). When the once glamorous superstar turns up to actually do the one thing (aside from marrying Larry Fortensky) she’s famous for, it’s automatically newsworthy.

Such was the case Saturday night when the corpulent, 75-year-old bobble-head wheeled through Paramount’s Bronson Gate to appear in a benefit performance of A.R. Gurney’s play Love Letters with James Earl Jones. The otherwise vocal Writers Guild agreed not to protest the performance.

Ms. Taylor, who last appeared on film as Fred Flintstone’s mother, publicly stated that she would not cross the picket lines. In a written statement Patric Verrone, president of the western chapter of the guild said, “this worthy event is happening solely through the efforts and underwriting of Dame Elizabeth Taylor, who is not only a longtime member of the Screen Actors Guild, but an outspoken supporter of the Writers Guild.”

If the Writers Guild wants to support a charity case, why not try Jay Leno?

Instead of holding true to their “offend one, you offend them all” credo, the Guild buckled under the weight of old violet eyes. If she really wanted to show support for both AIDS research and her striking brothers and sisters, Ms. Taylor would have summoned an E.T. camera crew to her home to announce that the event was canceled and that she would personally make up for the lost revenue by pawning an earring.

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4 Responses to “Striking writers kowtow to puffy scab Elizabeth Taylor”

  1. John Schultz on December 3rd, 2007 4:03 am

    I think this might be the first article you had written to address the writer’s strike, if I am not mistaken. It’s killing us all here in L.A. and this is just ridiculous. I’m not understanding why this is ok. Is it because it is for charity? How about all the people who have lost their jobs due to the producers being so stingy?

  2. Scott Marks on December 3rd, 2007 11:43 am

    Honestly, this was the one article that I seriously consider not posting. I don’t mind if people know that I think of a mediocre actress who skated by for decades on her looks and ability to tolerate that boozing Welsh ham. What I didn’t want people to think that was I was against AIDS research. I’m against a movie star getting people to bow and scrape just because she has decided to grace us with a performance. My cause is better than your cause. Picketing her performance would have been the right move to draw attention to just how serious this strike is and how fat cat producers rape their writers over pennies.

  3. John Schultz on December 3rd, 2007 1:28 pm

    Yes, she should have waited until the strike was over or, more importantly, announced that she refuses to do the performance out of respect to the writers and will postpone until the producers come to their senses. More fuel to the fire. But I guess I can understand why the writers won’t picket this. I don’t think it’s out of respect for Liz, but more out of repsect for the AIDS charity.

  4. Scott Marks on December 3rd, 2007 5:04 pm

    Charity begins at home.

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