There is so much ugly about Communism that a compilation of its icons Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, et al. does nothing to damage the religion itself. Every dead Communist priest remains a “hero” to Democrats. The name Arthur Miller belongs right up there with the worst of them:
NOTE: American Communists gained respectability in the 1930s by selling the lie that Stalin was good because Hitler was so bad. In fact, the only difference between them was that Hitler fighting Soviet Communists gave him one saving grace while Stalin had none.
Arthur Miller’s left-wing morality plays reminded me of something an old China-hand once told me. He said that a Jew would starve to death in China. I immediately chalked up his perception to personal prejudices until he explained that frugality was the inevitable result of many centuries of brutal oppression by emperors and their henchmen who took everything for themselves.
My friend’s perception of China was a perception of China before WWI. As soon as Mao took over in 1949, China’s Communist priesthood began moving the people closer to the West whose history is replete with religious tyranny. It never occurs to Communists that totalitarian governments are all the same; not a one of improves the lives of the people they enslave.
Death of a Salesman is probably better-known by average people than is The Crucible. In “Salesman” Miller dealt with material things rather than the religious horseshit he spread around in The Crucible.
About twenty ago I heard a Chinese theatrical producer talking about Death of a Salesman. The producer explained how he finally got permission to produce Miller’s play in China. After the performance he was surprised by members of the audience when he learned that the average person did not understand the play ——Willy Loman had a house, a car, a refrigerator; so what the hell was his problem?
If reaction to Willy Loman was any guide, the average citizen in China might not buy into the guilt that American Socialists/Communists attach to everyone’s possessions except their own.
Also, the Chinese people appear to understand that material things improve living standards as much as Americans do, and they want them as soon as possible without Western religious remorse attached. The tragedy is that Communism is religious guilt far more devastating than any organized religion priesthood can impose on a free people.
One final comment on Death of a Salesman: American Socialists-cum-Democrats insist that everyone be guilt-ridden like Willy Loman.
Finally, hardcore Communists who portray themselves as defenders of the weak and the helpless will always emerge:
Obviously, punishing politically incorrect speech does not apply to Miller.
One interesting addendum to Miller’s sorry life:
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October 17, 2015 is the centenary of the birth of Arthur Miller, one of the literary left’s shining lights and righteous crusaders against some of liberals’ worst demons: Joe McCarthy, “HUAC,” and, more generally, anti-communism. Yes, anti-communism. As often noted by Harvard’s Richard Pipes and the Hoover Institution’s Robert Conquest, few things have animated liberal animus quite like anti-communism. It’s not that liberals have been pro-communist so much as they are anti-anti-communist. They dislike anti-communists more than they dislike communists. Their preferred demon isn’t Joe Stalin but Joe McCarthy. As James Burnham, the great ex-communist, put it, “for the left, the preferred enemy is always to the right.”
But this does not suffice to describe Arthur Miller. Miller was not only anti-anti-communist; he was pro-communist. More than that, Arthur Miller had been a communist. And that’s something that students in their public schools and in our woeful universities had not and still will not learn as they are spoon-fed Miller’s left-wing morality plays. To the contrary, Miller’s most-lasting works have succeeded in portraying anti-communists as the lowest form of political troglodyte. Chief among those works, the playwright became a hero among the left for The Crucible, his political parable of the alleged excesses of anti-communism, which portrayed accused communists as innocent fighters for truth, justice, and the American way.
And so, the mere suggestion that Arthur Miller was ever a communist himself reflexively sends liberals spinning in circles screaming “McCarthyism,” which itself is a testimony to the effectiveness of the playwright’s propaganda.
But this does not suffice to describe Arthur Miller. Miller was not only anti-anti-communist; he was pro-communist. More than that, Arthur Miller had been a communist. And that’s something that students in their public schools and in our woeful universities had not and still will not learn as they are spoon-fed Miller’s left-wing morality plays. To the contrary, Miller’s most-lasting works have succeeded in portraying anti-communists as the lowest form of political troglodyte. Chief among those works, the playwright became a hero among the left for The Crucible, his political parable of the alleged excesses of anti-communism, which portrayed accused communists as innocent fighters for truth, justice, and the American way.
And so, the mere suggestion that Arthur Miller was ever a communist himself reflexively sends liberals spinning in circles screaming “McCarthyism,” which itself is a testimony to the effectiveness of the playwright’s propaganda.
Arthur Miller — Communist
On the centenary of his birth, he remains the playwright who made anti-communism a hate crime.
By Paul Kengor – 10.16.15
Arthur Miller — Communist
On the centenary of his birth, he remains the playwright who made anti-communism a hate crime.
By Paul Kengor – 10.16.15
Arthur Miller — Communist
NOTE: American Communists gained respectability in the 1930s by selling the lie that Stalin was good because Hitler was so bad. In fact, the only difference between them was that Hitler fighting Soviet Communists gave him one saving grace while Stalin had none.
Arthur Miller’s left-wing morality plays reminded me of something an old China-hand once told me. He said that a Jew would starve to death in China. I immediately chalked up his perception to personal prejudices until he explained that frugality was the inevitable result of many centuries of brutal oppression by emperors and their henchmen who took everything for themselves.
My friend’s perception of China was a perception of China before WWI. As soon as Mao took over in 1949, China’s Communist priesthood began moving the people closer to the West whose history is replete with religious tyranny. It never occurs to Communists that totalitarian governments are all the same; not a one of improves the lives of the people they enslave.
Death of a Salesman is probably better-known by average people than is The Crucible. In “Salesman” Miller dealt with material things rather than the religious horseshit he spread around in The Crucible.
About twenty ago I heard a Chinese theatrical producer talking about Death of a Salesman. The producer explained how he finally got permission to produce Miller’s play in China. After the performance he was surprised by members of the audience when he learned that the average person did not understand the play ——Willy Loman had a house, a car, a refrigerator; so what the hell was his problem?
If reaction to Willy Loman was any guide, the average citizen in China might not buy into the guilt that American Socialists/Communists attach to everyone’s possessions except their own.
Also, the Chinese people appear to understand that material things improve living standards as much as Americans do, and they want them as soon as possible without Western religious remorse attached. The tragedy is that Communism is religious guilt far more devastating than any organized religion priesthood can impose on a free people.
One final comment on Death of a Salesman: American Socialists-cum-Democrats insist that everyone be guilt-ridden like Willy Loman.
Finally, hardcore Communists who portray themselves as defenders of the weak and the helpless will always emerge:
Arthur Miller, the American playwright and former husband of Marilyn Monroe, hid the existence of a son born with Down's syndrome for nearly four decades, it has emerged.
Miller, whose plays examined questions of guilt and morality, virtually cut the boy out of his life after committing him to a mental institution when he was one week old.
The secret son, named Daniel, now nearly 41, did not receive a mention in his father's memoir, Timebends.
But Miller, author of Death Of A Salesman and The Crucible, finally relented just six weeks before he died two years ago, according to an article in Vanity Fair magazine.
He then added him to his will, giving him an equal share of his estate, along with his other three children.
This from an icon of the very people who gave us the Culture of Death:
Miller apparently called his son "a mongoloid" and told a friend: "I'm going to have to put the baby away."
Miller, whose plays examined questions of guilt and morality, virtually cut the boy out of his life after committing him to a mental institution when he was one week old.
The secret son, named Daniel, now nearly 41, did not receive a mention in his father's memoir, Timebends.
But Miller, author of Death Of A Salesman and The Crucible, finally relented just six weeks before he died two years ago, according to an article in Vanity Fair magazine.
He then added him to his will, giving him an equal share of his estate, along with his other three children.
This from an icon of the very people who gave us the Culture of Death:
Miller apparently called his son "a mongoloid" and told a friend: "I'm going to have to put the baby away."
Obviously, punishing politically incorrect speech does not apply to Miller.
One interesting addendum to Miller’s sorry life:
Daniel is the younger brother of Rebecca Miller, the actress wife of Daniel Day-Lewis. Day-Lewis, who won an Oscar for his role as a disabled person in My Left Foot, was said to be "appalled" at the way his brother-in-law was treated and may have pressed Miller to make amends.
Arthur Miller and the son he hid away for 40 years
Last updated at 22:15 31 August 2007
Arthur Miller and the son he hid away for 40 years
Last updated at 22:15 31 August 2007
Arthur Miller and the son he hid away for 40 years
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