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Remove "Neutrality" tag?

  • I haven't followed this article closely, but it seems like the "neutrality" tag can be removed, now that the "Propaganda" and "Estrangement" issues seem to have been resolved. Any thoughts?Davemcarlson 16:38, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Propaganda

This article is leftist propaganda. It whitewashes the theft of the story for "Julia" and more directly, the "Playing for Time" controversy.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.231.217.37 (talkcontribs) 8 March 2006

The neutrality of this remark is disputed! Any facts to back up the so-called "Whitewash" of the alleged"theft" of the story for the "Julia" film? And stating the entire article as "leftist propaganda" should not be allowed to remain.

Estrangement

"Estrangement" seems too strong a word to use in the opening paragraph. The only evidence I could find of any disagreement/tension between Vanessa Redgrave and her sister Lynn, is in a BBC interview from 1991 that I've recently sourced. This disagreement was over Vanessa's opposition to the Persian Gulf War, and she makes it clear in the interview that she respects her sister's right to her own opinion abut this conflict.

Originally, someone stated in this opening paragraph that it was Vanessa's "left-wing views" that were responsible for an "estrangement" from her sister. Yet no source was quoted to support this.

Perhaps that whole statement about "estrangement" (for whatever reason) needs to be deleted, as the only source I've discovered refers more to a disagreement, rather than an estrangement, between the sisters.

Other thoughts/ideas? Michael

If its contensious then you should tone it down or at the very least move it further down the article and add the propper qualifications.--JK the unwise 16:00, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Page format

I re-formatted the page using headings. As a result, obvious gaps became evident, e.g. Redgrave's early stage career. I'll work on adding information over the next few days and of course, welcome others' contributions. Michael

Missing film in filmography

In 1985 Vanessa Redgrave stared in a three part American Playhouse series Television Movie. It's title is " Three Sovereigns for Sister Sarah " and portrays the sister of two of the women convicted and executed during the Salem Witch trials. The focus of the movie pointed to greed more than witchcraft as the motivator for the trials. Sarah Cloyce the character Ms. Redgrave portrayed gives an acount of the events that led up to the trials and her use of a map at the end of the movie reveals a new idea for the reason the trials really occured. Those few men and mostly women brought to trial apparently refused to sell land to minister Samuel Parris and others of the church who were his friend. And the map shows just who recieved the land after it was taken from the accused. An excellent movie and a very valid new idea for the cause behind the Salem Witch trials.

Redgrave working to deny people prosperity

Vanessa Redgrave amongst those denying people work and prosperity.

The people of Rosia Montana in Romania have the chance to get some investment in their poverty stricken region. But people like Redgrave work to deny them this investment.

Redgrave and Israel

I'm no expert on the subject, but it seems that the antagonism between Redgrave and the state of Israel is insufficiently documented here. The _Julia_ incident seems in need of a touch more detail explaining the reasons JDL was protesting. Further, without the context of later events -- especially her bizarre 1980 claim that Israeli snipers deliberately targeted Palestinian schoolchildren -- the whole seems insufficiently clear. Pending comments from others, I do not change the article. Czrisher 01:31, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Redgrave on 60 Minutes

I swear I felt that Mike Wallace was acting rude with her. He judged her polictics , he judged her smoking. But it was okay because Redgrave defended herself and what she had to say was very interesting. I think that Redgrave is one of the most smartest people who knows what she's talking about. And i liked when she said that she would never retire because we don't need another Legend of the screen gone.

Working in the US

I thought members of a communist party weren't allowed entry into the United States. Or is it different for celebs? Perhaps in the United States, as in the former Soviet Union, some are more equal than others. 194.46.166.145 01:41, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Redgrave has never been a member of a communist party in the sense of a pro-Moscow or pro-Peking Communist Party, which were the only parties covered by the US regulations. Mia-etol (talk) 21:10, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Better photo

As one of the greatest living actors is it not possible to get a better photo of Redgrave, for example from one of her film or theatre performances? Thanks, Psteven (talk) 13:58, 9 March 2008 (UTC)P

Oscar acceptance speech

An anonymouds user 24.4.202.167 has asked for a citation regarding Redgrave's allegation in her aceptance speech that the Academy had received death threats. However it's unclear whether he/she wants a citation verifying that Redgrave said this or a citation verifying that the Academy received death threats. Unless this is clarified I'd be in favour of removing this request for a citation. The source cited for the following quote makes no mention of death threats. --Mia-etol (talk) 08:57, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Template

The {{TheRedgraveFamily}} template sucks. --91.17.215.50 (talk) 16:44, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Socialist?

I thought she was a communist. --92.0.220.4 (talk) 17:34, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Dame?

How come she hasn't been "dame"ed yet? Because she is a socialist? Gryffindor (talk) 09:41, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Here's an enigmatic answer [1]. But note, however, she is a Commander of the British Empire! Thincat (talk) 13:32, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
No she's not. Not even the Queen commands the British Empire, which doesn't even exist anymore. What Vanessa Redrgave is, is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Big difference. Don't let the postnominal abbreviation CBE fool you. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 21:32, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Contradictions

Quite frankly, although a tremendous actress, Vanessa Redgraves makes no sense. With the movie Julia, she makes speeches against facism and anti-semitism but in her support of the PLO, she favors the killing of Israeli Jews. The contradiction is just untenable. Great artist. Terrible logic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.179.52 (talk) 02:16, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Deceased?!

Why does it say deceased next to her "years active"? Calebcjh (talk) 06:41, 11 May 2010 (UTC)


Call the midwife

I have no idea how to edit wikipedia but why isn't Vanessa Redgrave credited for voicing over "Call The Midwife"? If someone could add this that would be great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.10.252.145 (talk) 22:16, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Oscars

Her - let's call it controversial - statement needs to be balanced out by at least one counter-statement. Chayefsky's reaction is asserted as being relevant by at least one reliable source. If we keep removing it, we almost make it look like we endorse her statement - she thanked Hollywood for refusing to be intimidated by a bunch of Zionist thugs... quotation marks or not, this is not encyclopedic approach. EauZenCashHaveIt (I'm All Ears) 13:26, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

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Advocate for human rights

This article has a sub-heading "Political Activism", but on the Today programme on August 30 2018, Vanessa Redgrave she did not want to be thought of as an activist but an advocate for human rights. Vorbee (talk) 07:34, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

So what? Donald Trump wants to be seen as a very stable genius.--Jack Upland (talk) 23:41, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Trotskyism

There seems to be a gap here. The article says that Redgrave was involved in the Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) in the "1970s". However, the WRP article says that she and Corin split from the WRP to form the Marxist Party in 1987, which was apparently succeeded by the Peace and Progress Party in 2004. She was therefore involved in Trotskyism for two more decades than indicated in the article.--Jack Upland (talk) 23:53, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

She was very active in the WRP until it imploded in the mid 80s, and was close and loyal to Gerry Healy, its disgraced leader. She defended Healy over allegations of sexual misconduct, claiming that all the women accusing him were lying. I suspect her political views haven't changed much even today. The article does rather play all this down. --Ef80 (talk) 22:07, 2 March 2020 (UTC)