![]() ![]() ![]() "I had one ambition for my biography of Barbara Stanwyck, and that was to write a book that reflected the truth about my subject and her world, regardless of what it was. Wilson said, with appalling nerve if the NYT is accurate that her book avoids personal sexuality,: In a long interview, Lara Fowler asked if Stanwyck's second marriage to Robert Taylor was to cover up their mutual homosexualities and Wilson only denies Taylor's queerness. What she does tackle is the outrageous ways in which sexual stereotypes were marketed to pitch movies." Wilson does not explore issues of personal sexuality. The very, very exhaustive index lacks entries for sexuality, homosexuality, lesbian, gay, or rumors, and the NYT critic hurries past the colossal implications in noting, "Ms. Why are critics giving Victoria Wilson a pass for degaying A Life of Barbara Stanwyck ? Is it because she's an editor at Knopf? Or is it because they know diehard fans don't like their icons outed? At 1,044 pages this volume covers only half of the closeted actress's life and apparently avoids her orientation altogether. ![]()
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