Talk:Judith Malina

Blacklisting?

I removed the following paragraph added by an anonymous editor:

INTERESTING NOTE: Malina complained that she was not offered a chance to reprise her role (as "Grandmama") in the second Addams Family movie, Addams Family Values, because it had come to light that she did not support the Persian Gulf War in 1991, and had offended, among others, the Teamsters, while filming The Addams Family, for possibly using injudicious language. She said that the film's stars, Angelica Huston, and the late Raul Julia, had refused to take up her cause or defend her to the powers that be. She may, in fact, have indeed been the first victim of a new brand of "blacklisting", as Danny Glover nearly did, as well, due to his public opposition to the Republican Party and its policies, and to the war in Iraq.

First of all, you don't put "INTERESTING NOTE" in an encyclopedia article; the whole thing should be interesting. But more importantly I can't find any source for the claim that she made such a complaint. It could well be, but I don't think it's general knowledge and if appeared in print somewhere then we need to cite it, otherwise it's potentially inflammatory. And even if she did say it, that last sentence ("She may, in fact, have indeed been the first victim...") takes sides in a way that we have no business doing. ←Hob 00:10, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

- No idea who wrote it. Clearly needs a citation to a source. Otherwise it is an assertion made by the writer alone. And the tone of the writing is far from NPOV. BasicSignature 04:12, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Reordering necessary

The Personal Life section (or much of the information in it) needs to precede the Career section, in which Beck and the Living Theatre suddenly appear as though already mentioned. Kostaki mou (talk) 16:38, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Tax charges 'proved false'?

From the article: 'In 1963 they had to close the Living Theatre because of IRS charges (later proved false) of tax problems, and Malina and Beck were convicted of contempt of court, in part because Judith defended Julian wearing the garb of Portia from The Merchant of Venice – and tried to use a similar argument.'

I emphasize that these IRS charges were supposedly 'later proved false', eh? In fact, Julian Beck and Judith Malina were found guilty of impeding the Internal Revenue Service, and the Living Theater, Inc., was also found guilty, and this was in this very trial, a Federal District Court trial. Now, were they also found guilty of contempt? Yes. However, Beck was additionally found guilty on seven of the eleven counts, and Mrs. Beck was guilty on three of eight counts and their company was guilty on five of eleven counts. The convictions carried a maximum penalty of 31 years in prison and a $46,000 fine for Beck and 23 years and fines of $35,500 for his wife. Both would receive short jail sentences. Beck was eventually sentenced to 60 days in jail, and Judith Malina to 30. Also, this included imposing a fine of $2500. --Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas, Volume 2. Page 131.

I want to be clear that from the wording of the article, I gathered the impression that the court dismissed the tax charges against The Living Theatre. It's not that I have strong opinions about what the Living Theatre was all about and who were the people behind it. Politically they were as far to the Left as they could get, well, fine. I'm just saying, this was actually a much-publicized trial. Indeed, if you look at how they defended themselves, by not paying the taxes, Beck insisted, they had been able to pay their actors. It was a case of beleaguered champions of beauty and art resisting oppression by the IRS, anonymous agents of the military-industrial complex. Art vs. money. I might even admire this, and also admire that Beck and Malina succeeded in turning the trial into theater with a far wider audience than their productions had reached. Your mileage may vary. However, what I'm saying is, the jury found them guilty.DanLanglois (talk) 08:14, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Separate awards sections

Should the "Awards and Honors" and "Accolades" sections not be combined? It seems strange to have awards listed in two different locations. B3v3nt33n (talk) 01:19, 27 December 2023 (UTC)