On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:22:01 -0500, Gregory Morrow wrote:

> 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...

that would have been a gas. sheldon would have undoubtedly called her a
liar at some point.

blake