BLOGGER'S NOTE: I am, I really AM working on a serious post for this blog, about the common points/affinities between legends Oscar Levant and Dorothy Parker. I've been obsessed with both of them for years, and after re-reading the Levant bio, I just have to write something about this. They knew each other well, as it turned out, and liked each other a lot, though it's doubtful they had too many deep conversations. They didn't have to, because they "got" each other on a very deep level, which is never more profoundly shared than in the valley of intractible pain. I made notes on a little piece of lined paper in the car, stuck a few sticky-notes on top of that, typed it in point form on my Word program, and that's as far as I've got it - but meantime, enjoy my dancing trolls.
