History Creator / DorothyParker

A staunch believer in left-wing politics and social justice causes, Parker's screenwriter career was effectively ended when her political views got her placed on UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist in 1950. While Parker had avoided ending up on the list during the 1940s, she had been a frequent outspoken critic of the House Committee on Un-American Activities for their persecution of suspected Communists throughout the decade, and she evidently knew that it was really only a matter of time before she would be picked as a target by them. The event ultimately didn't do anything to dissuade her from her activism and decidation to left-wing causes; in fact, following her death, her will bequeathed most of her fortune and entire estate to UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr despite never having met him in person. (To this day, the rights to her works still under copyright are held by the NAACP, to which they went after Dr. King's assassination.)

->"''That bird only sings when she's unhappy.''"
-->--'''Alexander Woollcott'''

Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, critic, and satirist, known for her [[DeadpanSnarker biting wit]]. Her written works specialized in cynicism related to love and romance, how they don't seem to work in practice as they do in idealistic works, and how even people who know this still want love and romance. Some of her shorter works are flat-out memorized in certain circles, and her influence remains in the PopCulturalOsmosis for tropes about non-ideal love.

--->It may be that this autobiography is set down in sincerity, frankness, and simple effort. It may be, too, that the Statue of Liberty is situated in Lake Ontario.

!!TV Tropes pages with page quotes from Dorothy Parker:

* TheGlassesGottaGo
* InformedAttribute
* SuicideAsComedy
* TheTheTitleConfusion

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She's also famous for an alleged incident where she met President UsefulNotes/CalvinCoolidge, a notorious example of TheQuietOne, at a party and told him "Mr. President, I just bet my friend that I could get you to say more than two words." Coolidge looked at her and said, "You lose." Parker would later get the last laugh, however: when Coolidge passed away, her immediate reaction to the news was [[TakeThat "How can they tell?"]]

A staunch believer in left-wing politics and social justice causes, Parker's screenwriter career was effectively ended when her political views got her placed on UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist in 1950. While Parker had avoided ending up on the list during the 1940s, she had been a frequent outspoken critic of the House Committee on Un-American Activities for their persecution of suspected Communists throughout the decade, and she evidently knew that it was really only a matter of time before she would be picked as a target by them. The event ultimately didn't do anything to dissuade her from her activism and decidation to left-wing causes; in fact, following her death, her will bequeathed most of her fortune and entire estate to UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr despite never having met him in person.

* AuthorsOfQuote: Herself an example, she also remarked on another case:
-->When, with the literate, I am\\
Impelled to try an epigram,\\
I never seek to take the credit;\\
We just assume that [[Creator/OscarWilde Oscar]] said it.

* ''Literature/BigBlonde''

* FlatCharacter

A staunch believer in left-wing politics and social justice causes, Parker's screenwriter career was effectively ended when her politicial views got her placed on UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist in 1950. While Parker had avoided ending up on the list during the 1940s, she had been a frequent outspoken critic of the House Committee on Un-American Activities for their persecution of suspected Communists throughout the decade, and she evidently knew that it was really only a matter of time before she would be picked as a target by them. The event ultimately didn't do anything to dissuade her from her activism and decidation to left-wing causes; in fact, following her death, her will bequeathed most of her fortune and entire estate to UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr despite never having met him in person.

A staunch believer in left-wing politics and social justice causes, Parker's screenwriter career was effectively ended when her politicial views got her placed on UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist in 1950. While Parker had avoided ending up on the list during the 1940s, she had been a frequent outspoken critic of the House Committee on Un-American Activities for their persecution of suspected Communists throughout the decade, and she evidently knew that it was really only a matter of time before she would be picked as a target by them. The event ultimately didn't do anything to dissuade her from her activism and decidation to left-wing causes; in fact, following her death, her will bequeathed most of her fortune and entire estate to UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Following King's death, her estate was bequeathed by his family to the NAACP.

->''“You can drag a horticulture, but you can't make her think.”''

A staunch believer in left-wing politics and social justice causes, Parker's screenwriter career was effectively ended when her politicial views got her placed on UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist in 1950. This ultimately didn't do anything to dissuade her from her activism and decidation to left-wing causes; in fact, following her death, her will bequeathed most of her fortune and entire estate to UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Following King's death, her estate was bequeathed by his family to the NAACP.

A staunch believer in left-wing politics and social justice causes, Parker's screenwriter career was effectively ended when her politicial views got her placed on UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist in 1950. This ultimately didn't do anything to dissuade her from her opinions and decidation to left-wing causes; in fact, following her death, her will bequeathed most of her fortune and entire estate to UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Following King's death, her estate was bequeathed by his family to the NAACP.

She also collaborated with various people on occasional plays and screenplays, sharing an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for the screenplay of the original ''Film/{{A Star Is Born|1937}}''. She also co-wrote the screenplay to the Creator/AlfredHitchcock film ''Film/{{Saboteur}}''.

-->It is that word ‘hummy,’ my darlings, that marks the first place in ''The House at Pooh Corner'' at which Tonstant Weader Fwowed up.

* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: "The Choice" is a poem about a woman who has a choice between a man who offers her lands and fine things and a man who charms her with his singing alone. She chooses the latter without a second thought--and then wonders afterward if there's something wrong with her head.

* KeepTheHomeFiresBurning: The poem "Penelope", a tribute to [[Literature/TheOdyssey Odysseus' wife]].

She also collaborated with various people on occasional plays and screenplays, sharing an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for the screenplay of the original ''Film/{{A Star Is Born|1937}}''. She's also co-written the screenplay to Creator/AlfredHitchcock film ''Film/{{Saboteur}}''.

She also collaborated with various people on occasional plays and screenplays, sharing an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for the screenplay of the original ''Film/AStarIsBorn''. She's also co-written the screenplay to Creator/AlfredHitchcock film ''Film/{{Saboteur}}''.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: "This is not a book to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) was an American poet, critic, and satirist, known for her [[DeadpanSnarker biting wit]]. Her written works specialized in cynicism related to love and romance, how they don't seem to work in practice as they do in idealistic works, and how even people who know this still want love and romance. Some of her shorter works are flat-out memorized in certain circles, and her influence remains in the PopCulturalOsmosis for tropes about non-ideal love.

'''Dorothy Parker''' (1893–1967) was an American poet, critic, and satirist, known for her [[DeadpanSnarker biting wit]]. Her written works specialized in cynicism related to love and romance, how they don't seem to work in practice as they do in idealistic works, and how even people who know this still want love and romance. Some of her shorter works are flat-out memorized in certain circles, and her influence remains in the PopCulturalOsmosis for tropes about non-ideal love.