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Warren's depictions of major characters are less exact, particularly in the case of Jed's mistress, Rose (nee Rozelle) Carrington. Rose exists only as Jed imagines her-a compound of firelight and sweating sexuality. She is a medley of images, of bare feet and huddled fur and surrender. But, like Jed, for whom she ironically represents a form of ultimate reality, she is less a character than a poetic creation--evoked, but in the end, not completely present...
There was also the apparent contradiction that existed between the political views and positions of the public, Socialist Thomas and the private Thomas, a member, however reluctant, of the upper class. Thomas's wife Violet (nee Stewart) was the daughter of one of New York's wealthiest and most illustrious families, and the bulk of the Thomas family income was derived from her sizeable inheritance. Thomas sent his children to private schools, owned a luxurious country house, employed several servants, and enthusiastically supported his wife's hobby of raising cocker spaniels. A staunch, and early, opponent of racial discrimination...
...Southern politics was just 'nigger' politics?a question of which candidate could 'outnigger' the other. Then you registered 10% to 15% in the community, and folks would start saying 'Nigra.' Later you got 35% to 40% registered, and it was amazing how quick they learned how to say 'Nee-grow.' And now that we've got 50%, 60%, 70% of the black votes registered in the South, everybody's proud to be associated with their black brothers and sisters...
...Paris, it's New Jimmy's and Le Regine. In Monte Carlo, the snob spots for drinking and dancing are the Maona (Tahitian), Para-dize (Brazilian) and New Jimmyz (art deco). The woman who manages all this, sometime Singer Regine (nee Zylberberg), 45, now plans new discothèques in Rio and Manhattan. "Life begins with the first cocktail," says the lady who introduced le twist to Paris. "She only sleeps three hours a night," adds her husband and former secretary, Roger Choukroun. The cabaret queen is also branching out into fashion design. Her first collection, introduced...
Dick Cavett. British author Jan Morris (nee James Morris) talks about why she underwent a sex-change operation. (This show was pre-empted two weeks ago for a Cavett special on Groucho Marx.) Ch. 5, 12:30 a.m. 1 1/2 hours...