但是,给海尔曼的名声带来致命一击的,是1980年她与玛丽麦卡锡的官司。玛丽麦卡锡,小说家和文学批评家,在一档晚间电视访谈中说了海尔曼的坏话。麦卡锡,更年轻,更有吸引力,更智慧,谴责海尔曼是一个坏人,一个不诚实的作家:她写的每一个词,包括and 和the 都是谎言。海尔曼起诉她。这场官司一直持续到海尔曼生命的最后。多年以来,她保卫人民自由,谴责贪婪的追求财富的行为,不料在生命结束之际,看起来却像是个贪婪的,报复心重的审查员。
This is a shame. Hellman may not have been the hero of her reminiscences, but she spent alifetime believing it was the duty of engaged citizens to fight racism, alleviate poverty andprotect civil liberties. She was a role model to feminists in the 1970s, but she despaired thatthey talked too much about bras and too little about economic opportunity and humanrights. She made some foolish choices, but Lillian Hellman was often on the right side ofhistory. Too bad so many of her good ideas have been tossed out with the bad ones.
这真是一件令人遗憾的事。海尔曼或许不是她回忆录中的英雄,可是她终生坚信,反对种族歧视,缓解贫困,并且保护人民的自由是参与社会的人民应有的义务。她是1970 年代女权运动的行为榜样,但是她们谈论的更多的主题是内衣,经济机会和人权的实在太少,这很令海尔曼失望。虽然她做过一些愚蠢的决定,但是丽莲海尔曼总是站在历史的正确的一边。真不幸,她的很多好的观点随着不好的,一同被丢弃。
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