Riedel: Arthur Laurents fell in love with Matt Cavenaugh- Page 2

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/10/12 at 10:55pm

Riedel and the gossips are using the phrase "fell in love" melodramatically.

The very idea of Arthur "falling in love" with an actor in one of his shows is just plain silly to anyone who's ever known the man. Arthur had his favorites and his enemies (who were often yesterday's favorites), but he didn't "fall in love" with his favorites.

The rest of the stuff is true however: the mind games, the power games, the freezing out. But "fell in love"? It's a stupid thing to say about Arthur Laurents.

As Shakespeare has Claudius say of Hamlet: "Love? His affections do not that way tend."

Arthur's affections did not "tend" toward falling in love with actors.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 10/10/12 at 10:57pm

Many gay men have thought about that,
(just take Artie out of the equation).