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In "I'll Cry Tomorrow", there is one scene, in which Susan's portrayal of the true horror of loss and grief is so beautifully interpreted, that I have gone back and watched it many times.......and that is the monologue,
which, as Jill so aptly says, is so 'poignant and so heartbreaking', as Susan realizes that the very worst part of her losing David--is the losing of her MEMORY of him. I think we have all had that experience of coming to terms as to just WHY we begin to feel less raw with pain after a great loss......and that is because our brain can release that agony only through allowing what were once the most beautiful details of those images to begin to fade.
I completely agree with Jill that Susan managed to take a scene that could be so self-pitying and over-acted---and, with the help of a brilliant script, turned that monologue into something so gripping and so real. And, although I find that watching the entire move of "I'll Cry Tomorrow" can be almost TOO intense to see too often--I am discovering that certain scenes--like that particular one--can be watched over and over again, as I notice something different each time. The script in this scene DOES have 'nuance and a certain rhythm', as Jill notes.......and Susan performed it so beautifully.
On a completely different note re. that scene! I seem to remember reading, in one of the 5 books I have on Susan, that director, Daniel Mann, secretly filled the 'water' glass that she is given by her mother's friend 'Helen' to 'relax her', with actual vodka!? If this is so--that would certainly explain this rather amusing on-camera 'eye-roll' that Susan gave her, as she handed the glass back to 'Helen'!!!
Although I missed seeing "I'll Cry Tomorrow"' on the big cinema screen (I saw it for the first time only last year.....on the 'big screen' on Youtube!!), this means that I shall have to do a lot more 'homework' to fully absorb both the brilliantly written script---and the brilliantly acted role of Lillian Ross. And I don't think doing THAT homework will ever be a chore!!!
Thanks for reminding me of that scene, Jill.
Lynn
MEA CULPA!! Of course....I meant Lillian ROTH!! 
Lynn 
