August 20th, 2007, 09:18 PM
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Arthur Miller's deleted Down Syndrome son
Arthur Miller was in terrible denial about his Down Syndrome son.
Daniel Day-Lewis is brother-in-law to Miller's son and was appalled
by Miller's actions.
Arthur Miller's Missing Act: Fame & Scandal: vanityfair.com
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August 20th, 2007, 09:22 PM
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That is horrible, no man would keep me from keeping my child.
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August 20th, 2007, 10:09 PM
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What a tortured man he must have been. What a great loss. Danny could have added so much joy.
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August 20th, 2007, 10:22 PM
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OMG! For shame!
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August 20th, 2007, 10:47 PM
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That is just plain awful! How could a parent do that?
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August 20th, 2007, 11:54 PM
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From what I remember reading, Miller was no prince to Marilyn Monroe either.
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August 21st, 2007, 12:18 AM
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Aside from feeling sorry for Danny, I feel sorry for Daniel Day-Lewis. What a family he married into. I don't know how Miller's wife could have just gone along with institutionalizing her son. What a shallow man he actually was.
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August 21st, 2007, 12:28 AM
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I'm 56, when I was a little girl I had an uncle who was retarted. We called it Mongoloid then, and he lived at home with my grandmother and geandfatherfather. There was never any discussion of him being in a home, so it was not unprecedented. He should have been shamed and outed by family and friends.
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August 21st, 2007, 12:32 AM
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They should dig him up and let him rot in the street.
On a side note. Maybe I'm showing my age here. But I can not think of Daniel Day-Lewis. Without thinking of that old In Living Color skit with Jim Carrey called My Left Foot of Fury.
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August 21st, 2007, 01:23 AM
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^^I didn't see that but when I think of DDL, I think of him as he was in Last of the Mohicans. He should have stayed that way, always.
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August 21st, 2007, 02:38 AM
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back in the day- when his son was born..it was often encouraged to put "those types" of children away...it was easier for the parents, the time, the society...as a proud parent of a downs syndrome child..i am appauled and i do think its outrageous to think of, but this is also a different era.
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August 21st, 2007, 02:57 AM
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^^^^
exactly.
you can't judge this as if they were doing it today.
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August 21st, 2007, 03:14 AM
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Awful.
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August 21st, 2007, 06:13 AM
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It seems Arthur Miller was adept at making more than one person feel unhappy and forgotten. It's astonishing his neglected son has turned out so well.
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