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McCarthy vs HellmanMary McCarthy crusaded against inaccuracy, pretension, equivocation, dishonesty - and bad writing. In a famous appearance on "The Dick Cavett Show" one day, she declared of Lillian Hellman that "every word she says is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'."
[Hellman later sued.]
McCarthy, Mary (1912-1989) American writer [noted for her sharp literary criticism and for such satirical works as The Groves of Academe (1952), The Group(1963), Canniaals and Missionaries, The Company She Keeps, A Charmed Life, and Cast a Cold Eye]
[Sources: L. Davidson, Wit's Thesaurus]More Mary McCarthy anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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