On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:56:13 -0700 (PDT), saraheartburn wrote:
>
> Caught Charlie Rose on PBS last night interviewing Streep and Nora
> Ephron about the film. Both regretted never having actually met Julia
> and a story Streep told surprised me a bit. I think most of us think
> of Julia Child as a rather jolly, kind woman, but many years ago
> Streep contacted her hoping for her support with an organization she'd
> started for the purpose of encouraging people to raise & eat organic
> foods. She was quite stunned upon receiving a fairly cranky and
> dismissive letter in reply from Julia herself. In her discreet Meryl
> Streep way, she allowed that there were often unexpected differences
> in people's private and public personas...and I got the impression
> from Streep and Ephron that dear old Julia could really shoot from the
> hip. Was a good interview.
>

this doesn't seem too outlandish to me. many boosters of organic foods are
themselves cranks. child may have felt streep was some kind of dilettante.

not to mention that i'm sure child got letters from kooks of many stripes.

your pal,
blake