Opinion

Lillian Hellman was truly a bad bitch.  In a time when women had very little respect, she simply didn’t care.  I read that Lillian is an artist better understood through her work than through history, but I would like to disagree.  She was fiercely passionate about everything she said and did and whether or not you agree or disagree with her, you have to respect that.  She was a firm leftist activist and didn’t let the witch hunt red-scare deter her from her beliefs.  And while blacklisted in Hollywood she pretty much gave the middle finger to them and decided she’d much rather spend her time at her home in Martha’s Vineyard.

                        In her book, An Evening with Lillian Hellman, she reflects on different moments in her life with a critical eye and a good sense of humor.  She preaches the need to not be fixed from the past but indulge in every mistake you ever made.  She also is self-aware of her downfalls yet accepts them with good grace.  She is basically the kind of person everyone should aspire to be.