“Mendacity, Big Daddy”, is how Brick answers Big Daddy’s question, “why do you drink”? He can’t tolerate the dishonesty of the world in which he lives. While not a teetotaler, Lee Strasberg never resorted to drinking to deal with the many slings and arrows that were directed at him. As I wrote in an earlier blog post, even though many other teachers took endless swings at him, he never responded in kind. Usually, he had good, and supportive things to say about the very people who attacked him.

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