Introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography, and what is it you love about the genre . First we have a professor in the graduate acting program at new york universitys tish school of the arts with an affiliation in the graduate musical theater writing program, and is particularly interested in the history of broadway and of comedy. He has written biographies of xoeter Richard Rogers and p playwright. His most recent is a documentary film sammy davis jr. Ive got to be me. So, larry, tell us what has drawn you to biography. Well, i may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So obviously in entertainment youre dealing with the public persona of performers, what they sang, what they danced, what they acted. And then, of course, what happens off stage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some sense out of wha
Randy roberts has written so many, hes written more than half of our total number, i think. So, we have a lot of experience in the genre and weve been drawn to it and we have an affinity for it in some way or another. Let me introduce the panelists, i will introduce each of you, if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography and what is it you love about this genre. We have larry who is a professor of the graduate acting program at school of the arts in new york in the musical writing program. Hes particularly interested in the music of broadway and has written biographies of Richard Rogers and playwrights and in addition to several other books. His most recent biographical work is the documentary film, sammy davis junior, i gotta be me. So, larry, tell us what drew you to this. Hi. I may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So, obviously, in entertainment you are dealing with a public person
This conference from Purdue University continues with biographers looking at political history, this talk was part of a twoday conference called remaking american political history, its an hour and a half. Welcome and thank you for attending our session on this beautiful friday afternoon. We will have to compete with the outdoors and hopefully we will convince you that the made the right choice, hanging out with you to talk about media and biography and political history. A lien between the four of us weve written at least 17 biographies, it might be more than that i was losing count because Randy Roberts has written so many, youve written more than half of our total number i think. So, we have a lot of experience in this genre, weve been drawn to and have an affinity for it in some way or another. So, before we begin lets introduce the panelists and as i introduce each of you if you could stand a minute or two, telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography and what is it
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I want to join in by some of the comments that were made by my friend from california. Ins than two weeks ago, response to the question from the gentleman from florida, secretary kerry said that without a doubt it were free and Fair Elections in crimea. Crimea would join russia. I think that is an important fact, and i think that is the central fact in the situation we face today. All over the world, people are stuck in the wrong country. The great accomplishment of the 20th century was the end of colonialism, the end of colonies , millions of people stuck in the wrong country by means of military force by those powers. Maybe the goal of the next entry is to see the for the moment of that principle that groups of people can join together and create a country and join another neighboring country, and be part of the country that they want to be part of. We cannot ignore the fact that 2 Million People in the crimea feel that they have been stuck in the wrong country. Wassituation created