Ship's Reporter Interview: Carson McCullers

[@roszada]

Nice to see her,and listen her voice,THANK YOU.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I heartily concur ! Love her accent & manner. Could listen to her all day long....or all night long too, for that matter. One of American's greatest authors. She left us too soon....

[@dannyaoalsson]

I come back to this video from time to time to watch Carson. She has so many things going on. She's mesmerizing.

[@joepalooka2145]

As far as I'm concerned she's the greatest American writer next to Mark Twain. She was a genius of the highest level.

[@gavinborden5451]

Ballad of the Sad Cafe a masterpiece.

[@robinbergfeld5140]

Hands down. The heart is a lonely hunter hits the bulls-eye, it communicated the unsayable. I think Carson, like Salinger, imagined literature as a performance of a sort of language of family love, that is nevertheless also an aesthetic language.

[@barneyronnie]

Agreed. I'm a PhD mathematician, a true nerd, but her writing always offered amazing revelations regarding the meaning of our existence; what it means to be human. Her characters are often wrestling with various convictions that are at odds with each other. Not being a writer (at all ), it's difficult for me accurately characterize what makes her writing so appealing to me. One thing is certain, though, and it is that her books played a role in my growth as a person, and in particular, the ability to sincerely empathize with others. Thank You, Ms. McCullers. Reinhold Von Treffencaunbowz, MBBS, PHD

[@barneyronnie]

@@robinbergfeld5140 I loved "communicated the unsayable." It would have been a blessing to have met her!!

[@paxonearth]

I’m halfway through “The Heart…” and I’m blown away that she could write with such depth at such a young age. Her powers of observation were astounding. I’ve been telling my wife about it.

[@kashesan]

I love her smile.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Me too ! So adorable ! She's almost "pixie-ish"....

[@christopherrobbins9985]

Incredible writer. Just read "A tree. A rock. A cloud." Brilliant.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I certainly have a notion to second THAT emotion.

[@brucegelman5582]

Deep story.Buddha knowledge.

[@zajac1964]

it's soooo strange how close to each other they sit, very intimate distance, it wasn't disturbing for her? Nowadays that would be unthinkable for journalism

[@liquidpebbles7475]

noticed that too, different times, i guess

[@itsPenguinBoy]

I was like "what a creep" but if I am being generous I guess they are needing to share an old style microphone?

[@tiffanyrodriquez8460]

She didn’t look like she particularly loved it.

[@oneseeker2]

She looked uncomfortable to me

[@HairballPictures]

yeah it's pretty weird. there's another interview with this 'ship's reporter' guy with tennessee williams and he goes in way close on that too even though they are both standing up

[@tiptoethroughthetulips9428]

She's Mick! And it's outrageous how close the Intervierer gets to her.

[@thellewelynmoss]

They have a very primitive microphone, quit reading into things.

[@sclogse1]

@@thellewelynmoss Exactly. She could have easily leaned away..He never leans toward her, he stays put.

[@jimed6644]

A great lady. Thanks for posting.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I agree 100 per cent.

[@AcidPriestt]

Era una mujer muy bella con una pluma muy intensa siempre te recordamos querida Carson

[@jayraskin]

I just saw "A Member of the Wedding" for the first time last night. Amazing work. I saw it for Ethel Waters who was an amazing blues and jazz singer from the 1930s and became a gospel singer in the 1960s.

[@1zangelique]

Very nice. A better, clearer view of this video that's been on KZbin for a while. Thanks so much!

[@ChilliCheezdog]

I have read hundreds of short stories. 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' is the most impactful story I have ever read.

[@LouisLawrence-bc7tx]

A Good Man Is Hard to Find is a classic, but that story was written by Flannery O'Connor.

[@ChilliCheezdog]

@@LouisLawrence-bc7tx I knew that the story I mentioned was written by Flannery O'Connor, and so I have no idea how I made this mistake 😖

[@LouisLawrence-bc7tx]

It happens! Both great southern writers who excelled in making the gothic more humane.

[@ChilliCheezdog]

@@LouisLawrence-bc7tx As an Englishman and a short story writer, I find more humanity, more warmth, more poetry in American literature than in the writing of my home country. I am a huge fan of Steinbeck and of Sherwood Anderson.

[@LouisLawrence-bc7tx]

@alexstrout4695 0 seconds ago I agree to a point, but your land provides me with some of my favorites: Kazuo Ishiguro, Alan Hollinghurst, Zadie Smith, E. M. Forster, and D. H. Lawrence. Just to name a few!

[@odemi7278]

Thanks for this interview. Just finished reading a biography called My Biography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland and can absolutely recommend it.

[@annabagwell7965]

She is looking at everything!

[@silentj624]

She graduated from my high school. It's so strange to see her in motion.

[@deirdre108]

@silentj624. Columbus High?. Lived my first 12 years in Columbus across the street from JordanHigh your crosstown rival.

[@silentj624]

@@deirdre108 JERdan. Lol I don't meet many people in real life who know Columbus, let alone the internet. C/O 05 You?

[@deirdre108]

@@silentj624 That's right JERdan! Now I know you're legit!! I went to Johnson Elementary which was close to JHS and then we moved to Athens when my dad got transferred with Bell South. Do you still live in Columbus? How is it there now?

[@silentj624]

@@deirdre108 SQUEE! I moved to Lawrenceville 4 years ago because I feel like Columbus just wasn't it for me. Money and growth. I'm trying to convince my mom and sister to move to "the city" but they aren't having it.

[@deloreswilson1798]

She doesn't mind.Trust me,shed say something if she felt funny.She didn't mince words.They don't down south.They're very social down south.We, in the north are distant. 🤔

[@1trschaefer78]

The distance between them doesn't seem to bother either of them. Me neither. It's not like they were in a studio with multiple cameras and technical staff.

[@annabagwell7965]

Thank you for this.

[@sclogse1]

Carson found the electricity that binds us.

[@TheMrmojo23]

She lived in the city I live and wrote books about it

[@misskittyclub47]

People got closer then. We've moved away from each other. If you think, it's easy to realize it's not inappropriate when using the same microphone in those days.

[@lesliegordon2313]

The way she's looking at the microphone...

[@llllllllllll878]

(rhetorical question): Where else can she look so that she won't come off as appearing disinterested (in the least.)? No where else except down at the microphone. Given the proximity in which she was forced by circumstances of the situation/the level of ability of technical equipment back then, looking down at the microphone seems to be the only place to look without having to look in the face (directly, mind you) of the interviewer.

[@adamhughes4442]

Sound quality dictated close proximity.

[@ArtU4All]

Agree… It seems the background noise of a public place necessitated him to get closer, yet, indeed, how obnoxious this move appears today ☺️

[@Twentythousandlps]

Also getting two people with only one camera.

[@kennyglesga]

Wonderful writer!

[@hdholl9696]

She looks and sounds very authentic and endearing. The interviewer though takes the liberty to be too close for comfort.

[@artaddison5103]

What's the story behind these 'Ship's Reporter' Interviews, please?

[@barneyronnie]

I LOVE her books! My favorite is ' The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, ' but certainly enjoyed all of them. She suffered from poor health throughout her life, but nevertheless, had an amazing oeuvre.

[@sclogse1]

Just started Heart yesterday. Extraodinary observations early on.

[@sclogse1]

I don't think he's encroaching on her. It's one microphone that can't get past back and forth. Carson could have easily leaned away.

[@inersphobia]

People are saying she seems irritated by him. I don't know what they're watching. She seems comfortable.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I totally agree. She seems quite comfortable & relaxed.

[@pipfox7834]

At the beginning she looks a little bored. When he cuts across her first answer, she definitely looks unimpressed. But in a quiet, subtle way. It was inept on his part, for sure. But she relaxes as she sees he's listening after all, and waiting for her to complete her slightly hesitant responses. Anyone who saw The Ladies in Black will know that guys that talk over you are just crass. So I'm.impressed by her genteel southern restraint!

[@appidydafoo]

Genius

[@jubalcalif9100]

No argument there.

[@keithwalker4405]

This man is practically sitting on top of her. It's pretty obvious she's not fond of him. Her voice sounds just like Alabama Governor Kay Ivey.

[@constantreader7944]

The interviewer doesn’t know how to talk to southerners. You gotta let them pause and gather thoughts; they take their time to speak. He keep interrupting.

[@paulryan3951]

I don’t think she is Mick (The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter). That aside… CM’s understanding of the black community back then in the context of the Deep South is almost flawless. Astonishing as a white woman to write like that.

[@hectornagano1819]

The reporter trying hard to make a move on her.

[@jubalcalif9100]

He does indeed seem entranced by her. I can't blame him. I find her quite alluring.

[@pipfox7834]

Old technology, poor quality microphones in those days. Not like we have now

[@sclogse1]

@@pipfox7834 The mic doesn't move. It's a table mic.

[@nicolasponcedeleoncarrillo6782]

It must have been shocking to Carson the fact that the interviewer hugged her, and that he touched her without her consent

[@jayraskin]

I did not see any hug. Sophisticated people at this time often hugged and kissed each other upon greeting at this time. It was only in the late 1990s and early 2000's that insane fascist feminist lesbians started claiming that this centuries old custom was some kind of assault against all women. So the 99% of women and men who enjoyed the human contact were forbidden to do it by their decree and political power.

[@MichaelTheroff-fn1kx]

That was a different era. Go watch old Johnny Carson interviews from as recently as the '80s, and prepare to have your modern sensibilities traumatized. People would kiss each other on the cheek, strangers would hug, and many smoked around others.

[@dreavermo]

El cigarro por esa pobre distancia, qué invasivo el tipo

[@freelanceer]

That's a weird accent. It sounds like a mixture of Southern and British.

[@sirhumphreyappleby8399]

That’s southern in my experience.

[@seanmurphy7972]

Britain = England, Scotland, and Wales. A combination of them all?

[@sirhumphreyappleby8399]

@@seanmurphy7972 and Ireland, or the North of it.

[@seanmurphy7972]

@@sirhumphreyappleby8399 No part of Ireland is a part of Britain. Northern Ireland is however a part of the United Kingdom.

[@sirhumphreyappleby8399]

@@seanmurphy7972 Your culture for the past 300 years has effectively been our doing. "Britain" is the whole of the British isles.

[@kashesan]

He keeps referring to "A Member of The Wedding" and not "The Member of The Wedding" Must be annoying to an author.

[@sylviavasquez9523]

Probably because it was a promo for the movie.

[@deloreswilson1798]

She had a childish,troubled face.🤔

[@jubalcalif9100]

I would agree with that. She went thru a lot of emotional & physical pain her life.

[@trashcan2522]

ugh I cant watch him getting too damn close and his stupid smile makes my blood boil. she obviously looks so annoyed

[@mrsjohnson1743]

I guess this guy never heard of personal space.😆

[@MichaelTheroff-fn1kx]

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