Re: Scotty!
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:51:28 +1000
I don't think that the assumption that Hemingway was gay isn't based on
some new reading of his works - from the way it was told to me it gave the
impression that there was good hard evidence behind it - again, I'll have
to check my sources tho'.
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
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> >I read through the previous postings rather quickly so correct me if I'm
> >wrong:
> >
> >Hemingway was a gay hedonist and that's why Scottie's leaving?
> >
> > - Adam
> >
> >
>
>
> Not quite, Adam.... Papa whispered something about working into Scottie's
> ear, and then told him to share it with the list.... Which reminds me....
> Does anybody know the story about that great Canadian pugilist Morley
> Callaghan pounding the shit out of Papa in a Paris boxing ring.... Scott
> Fitzgerald was the supposed time keeper, but he was so shocked when
> Hemingway hit the ropes that he forgot to watch the clock.... Morley
made
> mincemeat out of Mr. Macho.... Does this mean I'll have to re-read THAT
> SUMMER IN PARIS in the light of Callaghan's latent homophobia.... You
know,
> I'd be really miffed if people started applying this sort of reductionist
> psychobabble to every serious artist in the world. Salinger, of course,
> would provide a fertile field for such silly speculations--dare we
mention
> Mr. Antolini?
>
> Oops.... I don't quite know where THAT came from....
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul