Description: Command Performance - An Actress in the Theater of Politics by Jane Alexander - copyright 2000 This hardcover book with dustjacket is in very good condition !!! No damage to dust jacket or book inside ................... Signed on title page "To Paul best wishes Jane Alexander " For those interested in the worlds of politics and the arts, esteemed actress Jane Alexander brilliantly recounts her tenure as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. From her "auditions" for the position up to her meetings with President Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and correspondence with Jesse Helms, Ms. Alexander infuses her writing with intelligence, literary awareness, and a delightful, wry, witty sense of humour. Republicans and Democrats alike are not spared Ms. Alexander's opinions on how funding was handled, what was considered art, and how arts organizations, artists, and arts education are constantly overlooked at providing no real social importance by men in power who are "of little mind". She writes adoringly of her staff at the NEA and of the congressional supporters who went to bat for the Endowment. Voicing political opinion, especially someone who was in Ms. Alexander's position, is always going to be a touchy subject, but like art, it's meant for discussion to learn more about the human race and to challenge our own conventional ways of thinking. Overall, this book is an educational, interesting look into an area of politics that is shamelessly neglected by members of Congress. Ms. Alexander is to be commended for all she accomplished at the Endowment and this book is a great account of what she had to endure at the center of one of the government's most controversial agencies. Also listed Ginger Rogers SIGNED, Olivia de Havilland, Jayne Mansfield, Basil Rathbone, Gloria Swanson SIGNED, Vincent Price SIGNED, Harpo Marx, Fay Wray , Bette Davis, Veronica Lake, Billie Burke SIGNED & other Hollywood Items..! Thanks for looking and happy bidding Combine Postage offered on all items
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