In response to my piece on “My Girl Friday” Elizabeth described a movie in which Ethel Barrymore, the queen of THE Barrymores, played a real bitch.

Ethel Barrymore alternated between roles which made her the soul of kindness and the sort of mean old woman you have nightmares about.

Which, in my naive definition, is the definition of the word “actress.”

Political Correctness has stricken the word “actress” from the English language. Try to find the word “actress” in any review or any discussion of the theater today. It is sexist.

So “actress” is now the “A” word. We all know what the “N” word is.

You know how they had to expand the area codes? Soon they will be expanding the alphabet to accommodate the letter words.

(Parenthetically, which is why this is in parentheses, I still chuckle at what joe o said:

(“A few years back, McDonalds would have a sign under the arches showing how many hamburgers they had served in their history. Perhaps each European nation should have a sign at each international airport indicating exactly how may jews that particular state believes were killed by the nazis.”)

But the idea of calling Marilyn Monroe an “actor” is simply beyond my reach.

She was, in fact, an excellent actress. But calling her something with hair on his chest is something I cannot do.