Danny Boyle Quotes
I find it difficult enough being called "Mr. Boyle," which as I age I'm increasingly called.
Boyle, Danny. "Danny Boyle: 'I'm a very controlling director'." Interview by Simon Hattenstone. The Guardian, Guardian News & Media, 23 Mar. 2013.
This quotation is a wonderful example of the sexist attitudes of the 19th century. Nancy Johnson applied for a patent on the first ice cream making machine. It took a huge amount of hand labor out of the process of ice cream making and enabled ice cream to be enjoyed by most people. However at the time virtually all the creators of inventions were male—so much so that when Nancy Johnson submitted her patent, the letters in response from the Patent office kept being addressed to “Mr. Nancy Johnson.” She took offence and insisted upon correction. The patent was granted and ice cream has been enjoyed by many average people the world over as a result.
She was referring to Congressman Randy Duke Cunningham who was not only gross, insulting, and violated all rules of decorum in the House Debates but turned out to be the most corrupt Congressman in American history. The answer was, “Yes”. The rules require that the term of address “gentleman” or “gentlewoman” is used for whenever referring to any other member, even when as in the case of Cunningham, the member is not only not a gentleman but was a traitor to the nation and totally dishonest. In this case, “The Gentleman went to jail.”
Ford, then Vice President, was attending a Senate Republican policy luncheon during the Watergate crisis. The senators began discussing the possibility of sending a delegation to President Nixon, advising him to resign.
Daniel Francis Boyle is an English film, television, and stage director and producer.
