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All About EveOther

by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950

Who uses, recommends or left All About Eve, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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American playwright, actor and drag performer; wrote and starred in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (1984) and Psycho Beach Party, and wrote the Broadway hit The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (2000).
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But in All About Eve, she is screamingly funny because the character is so well-written and feels authentic.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Charles Busch, the entry for All About Eve.

2025-08-22·criterion.com ↗

Pseudonymous independent researcher and essayist writing on gwern.net about statistics, psychology, genetics and AI.
liked

Excellent character-study/drama about the price of fame, the sincerest forms of flattery, and a little meta-fictionally, the psychology of the theatre and Broadway being usurped by Hollywood

Gwern's compiled movie, television and opera reviews since 2014 (page last modified 2024-06-29).

2024-06-29·gwern.net ↗

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