When PBS executive Perry Simon took the stage at the PBS Television Critics Association press tour to talk about the new quarterly initiatives, it became clear that women are at the forefront of a …
stars as the late Texas governor Ann Richards in “Ann,” a play she wrote herself because she so admired Richards. “Ann” will air June 19, and “Gloria: A Life” will air June 26 on PBS.
Lahti mused, “Gloria is everywhere, and she needs to be everywhere.” As Lahti spoke of her long friendship with Steinem, she shared that she was very nervous when Steinem saw a run-through of the PBS production, directed by Diane Paulus and was relieved when Steinem liked it. Lahti also pointed out that Steinem didn’t become “woke” to women’s issues until she was 35 years old. “Before that, she didn’t really want to write about women, because she had internalized so much misogyny,” Lahti explained. “Black feminists taught Gloria everything about feminism. The media didn’t cover that, they wanted to interview the pretty white lady.”
Taylor described Richards as the life of any party, who came alive around people. Referencing Richards’s political success as a liberal in red state Texas, Holland posited, “She was so loved in Texas because she did so much good in Texas.” When Richards passed away in 2006, Taylor says she felt it was a terrible loss for America, and her own grief inspired her to write the play, “Ann.” “I wanted to help keep Richards alive in our culture. She’s a folk hero, really.
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