blake murphy wrote:

> 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.


A pity she never posted here...


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Greg