Molly Ivins

[tigol 2421]

Ran a search and didn't see a mention.  New documentary debut at SXSW.  I haven't seen it, but do look forward to it.

I'm a fan of hers.  My Grandmother and I got a big kick out of her writing style and balls.

 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/documentary-molly-ivins/

[tigol 2421]

 

[Burt 4095]

We could use some Molly Ivins covering our politics today.  She'd have a field day with this shit show.

An Ann Richard reincarnation would be kind of fun, too.

[Hornius Emeritus 12496]

Molly had these huge open parties at her house and I was fortunate to attend several of them back in the early 2000s. They were a blast. Met a lot of awesome, creative people, including Bud Shrake and Gary Cartwright. Never met Dan Jenkins, though.  Ann Richards was said to have attended a few of them earlier, but that was before my time and I never met her. Molly never worried about anybody bringing the wrong sort of friends and nobody ever did. 

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19243]

Molly was a national treasure. Seriously miss her.  

[Guest]

I thought she was funny and loved her Texas take on things.

I did not always agree with her, but could always appreciate her perspective.  She kept things real, if you will.

[deadshank 24653]

Straight off with Letterman she stretches the truth about her background to give herself more credibility as a homespun commentator.

I always got a strong reading on my BS meter when I read her newspaper column pieces.  She tried too hard to sound folksy Texas and blue collar when she really wasn't at all.   

 

[Asithappens 974]

1 hour ago, deadshank said:

Straight off with Letterman she stretches the truth about her background to give herself more credibility as a homespun commentator.

I always got a strong reading on my BS meter when I read her newspaper column pieces.  She tried too hard to sound folksy Texas and blue collar when she really wasn't at all.   

 

Eh, she wasn't everyone's cup of tea.

She didn't come across like that to me. She was a treasure and we could use her today.

[deadshank 24653]

17 minutes ago, Asithappens said:

Eh, she wasn't everyone's cup of tea.

 

That's why we have horse races.  

[jimmyjazz 46473]

7 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

Molly had these huge open parties at her house and I was fortunate to attend several of them back in the early 2000s. They were a blast.

She lived a couple of blocks away from me.  We weren't "friends" but I got a few chances to chat with her -- she always seemed sharp, with a razor wit.

[TwiceHorn 31681]

She had some problems, but she was funny as hell.

The lege, the lege going to fist city, and shrub are some of hers that have stuck with me through the years.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9435]

Didn't she also pen the expression Tits for Tots when some R in the lege proposed a tax on strip clubs that would go towards education funding? Or was that John Kelso?

[burntorangebongos 10787]

I like the story about the time she was working for the New York Times as a western states reporter and was writing about a New Mexico town that had a tradition of getting together for an annual event of partying and slaughtering and cleaning their chickens for everyone to take home. She tried to call it a "Gang Pluck", mostly to make the copy editor laugh.  That pissed off her uptight senior editor and he called her to task and that is when she knew that the gig there was up.  She may have affected some of her down home Texas colloquialism to further her reporting and appeal but she was whip smart and a fucking smart ass in the best sense of the word and the world is better with people like that in it.

[Bama Chick 28596]

Can’t wait to watch this.

Anyone know when it’s scheduled for wider release or release to a streaming platform?

[Hornius Emeritus 12496]

"The Texas Legislature consists of 181 people who meet for 140 days every two years. This catastrophe has now occurred 63 times."  ---- Molly Ivins