Arthur Miller interviewed by Charlie Rose

[50poe]

Its hard to believe that Miller didnt have a masters in psychology. or did he?

[Hans021220]

Stupid question maybe,but is this the same Arthur Miller that was married to Marilyn Monroe?

[MrGsegs]

@Hans021220 Yes

[FakeMusicSnob]

@Hans021220 yup!

[vinnyrox2]

@Hans021220 yes



[LeslyeLoMenzo]

@Hans021220 Yes, it is.

[xThemalemodelsx]

Favorite writer right here.. He's been such an inspiration to me.

[0TangerineD]

It's a bit strange to reduce a person to what oneself thinks he did at a certain point in his life, way, way back in the past. It's like accusing Yoko Ono for the Beatles' split-up. In a nutshell, it's absurd, so let's read Beckett.

[RonAlmeida]

Is he saying that the British belong to a better or progressive society?

[mfb25890]

@RonAlmeida No, just that British theater culture is healthier than ours. Today you can get a seat at any great play in London, even in the mainstream West End, for as little as £10-£20. Such a thing wouldn't happen on Broadway, and consquently our playwrights and directors take risks only at the margins. There's too much money, and too many interests, on the line.

American artists can produce great work, but this system largely denies them an appreciable audience or widespread recognition.

[RonAlmeida]

@mfb25890 Are not the people in general responsible for the functioning of that particular system the way it does? Only a society that appreciates art can have it.

[mfb25890]

@RonAlmeida To an extent, yes. But each citizen does not influence the artistic landscape equally. Those with money generally (not always) have more sway in steering the cultural discussion. I think that's why Miller praises the British National Theatre -- as a public institution, it distangles the work from the messy business of private patronage (the merits of state-funded art are another debate entirely).

Only a society encouraging good art will see its people appreciate it en masse.

[RonAlmeida]

@mfb25890 Right on! you've said everything I would, If I wasn't looking for a game of mental tennis.

[mfb25890]

@RonAlmeida I don't mind a little tennis match now and again. If anything we showed you can have a civil, intelligent discussion in the Youtube comments section.

[RonAlmeida]

@mfb25890 I heard an interview of the 86 year old English theatre director Peter Brook expressing his views on the British attitude to art in comparison to that of the French. If you’d like to hear it go to BBC Radio 4 and check out the programme, ‘Front Row’ dated 24/3/2011.

[RonAlmeida]

@RonAlmeida continued...I think it is the problem with the entire English language art scene. It’s getting very mono-lingual characterless and mediocre. It is probably because there is a larger audience and more money to be made in the English idiom. When, money talks, art usually walks out the door. Having lived 20 years on the continent I know artists in all mediums seem to be more serious there, concentrating on their work rather than ‘making it’ in the commercial sense.

[robert8558]

Please note: For all the haters on this video, your hate level is not even past "Hate Level 2". Please try harder...

[funkbebe]

he's so full of it. and rose is just a mass media consuming idiot.

"was she smart?"

"she was as smart as anybody else".

no, arthur. she was smarter and braver than you and and everybody else, you lying fcking coward.

[bitchIZsalty]

@funkbebe shut the fuck up you pussy your insignificant life cant even amount a single dingle berry in fat mans ass, miller was a brilliant writer...Marylin was a beautiful and talented woman as well, but your just a pompous ass face and your a coward for calling a dead man a coward!

[mysticgirl1000]

he was such a coward and marilyn proved it.

like her mother, she was a real fighter. she figured miller was a sell-out and a collaborator when she read The Misfits and had her showdown with hoover when she went to Jack's birthday party despite the fact that the studio was so terrified, they threatened to shut down Something's Got to Give if she did.

he was so terrified of hoover, he wouldn't even go to her funeral. he also knew that everyone would collaborate to make him look good.

[PJCoan]

go find your feedbag you YouTube bully....

[pabloa83]

hi, could you please tell me when this interview took place? (year)

[RonAlmeida]

@pabloa83 3rd July 1992

[missmephistopheles]

BIGGEST HYPOCRITE I'VE EVER SEEN

[hubbyandwifey69]

u r an idiot

[acmedressform]

why do you say that?

[bkk10230]

Bangkok Calling, My daughter is presenting a paper on the Death of a Salesman. tomorrow at 09:00 Youtube is like an open library 24/7 Excellent service. Ku-dos! John K Lindgren BKKreporter AM/PM Sucks! Ante Meridiem - Post Meridiem do we need that shit?

[conewells]

Mr. Miller is human like the rest of us. Down syndrome is a bitch to live with, and it WAS his son, after all. Hell, he had to live with Marilyn Monroe!

[PJCoan]

@conewells I believe that his son being born with Down's Syndrome was the price he paid for his treatment of Marilyn after he died- that awful play "After The Fall", which, by the way, the Actor's Studio boycotted and picketted while it ran at the new Lincoln Center. Arthur sold out Marilyn.

[queendiva73]

@PJCoan ...nice, a child born with a disability is karmic punishment...what did your parents do to deserve a child with such a wonderful, open mind?

[PJCoan]

@queendiva73 bite me you fat ugly snipe.

[queendiva73]

@PJCoan just stating the obvious, and I see you don't have any pictures up, so there you go...

[CowgirlPaint]

He institutionalized his son with Down Syndrome, doesn't sound like great morals to me.