Au revoir: Paul Newman
Posted by sara
September 29th, 2008 at 11:00am
In Heterosexuals
So I know he didn’t do a lot of TV, but I loved him. And I will miss Paul Newman a whole damn lot. One time my coworker J and I saw him sitting in the passenger seat of an SUV on Broadway outside our office. And…it was awesome. Because it was Paul Newman. And he just seemed like a splendid human being, in addition to a fine actor and humanitarian.
My favorite Newman, as you can see, is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, although he is spectacular as Butch Cassidy. Paul, I hope you are somewhere with fast cars and delicious salad dressings.
True story: Once, my mom grabbed Paul Newman by the lapels. He wouldn’t sign an autograph for her, and after much negotiating, she grabbed him and said, “Then touch the paper, please!”
She’s not normally crazy.
Paul Newman makes normal people do crazy things. I have never witnessed a supermarket slugging match over salad dressing, but I’m sure they have happened.