“Nobody could accuse me of race prejudice. I didn't care what a man's color, race, or religion was. But men were men, whereas Martians were things. They weren't even animals to my way of thinking. I’d rather have had a wart hog around me any day. Permitting them in restaurants and bars used by men struck me as outrageous. But there was the Treaty, of course, so what could I do?” —Robert Heinlein, Double Star 1956
Real “I’m not racist but…” vibes.
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“I needed a face as commonplace, as impossible to remember as the true face of the immortal Alec Guinness.” —Robert Heinlein, Double Star 1956
That’s a young Sir Alec Guinness reference. Long before Star Wars, before Doctor Zhivago, Fall of the Roman Empire, or Lawrence of Arabia. Just a year before Bridge on the River Kwai.
The Ladykillers is the only thing I recognize from his pre-56 credits.
But I’m sure he was already leaving an impression.
@deinol i always think its important to recognise that an author might have been letting his character talk, rather than speaking for himself… but its possible; its a rare man who is greater than his times :(
Checking IMDB, i can see Guinness did a number of films in the 20 years prior to ‘56, playing Fagin in Oliver Twist may have been enough to gain that sort of reputation :)
(You’re making me reread it :))
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