by Archive Photos/Getty Images. Mike Nichols summoned me to lunch years ago, after he saw The Substance of Fire, to tell me that if he had directed my play, hed have ruined it with jokes. This was his way of saying, Lets be friends. Even before we were friends, I knew we would become friends someday. His gimlet eye had provided insight into what this country was about. I had been in Africa and South...
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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Postscript: Mike Nichols (1931-2014)
Credit Photograph by Avco Embassy Pictures/Getty It would be too much to say that Mike Nichols contained multitudes, but, whatever was going on in there, it must have been a h**l of a party. Now that he has died, those of us who never met the guy are left to ponder just how many guys there were to meet: Nichols the comedian, Nichols the director of movies and TV, Nichols the director of plays, Nichols the...
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