Comments on: Being Bea Arthur

By: CJ

CJ — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:52:00 +0000

I absolutely adore Maude! And Bea Arthur’s voice, which may be at times harsher than Ms. Bacall’s, but certainly conveys more feeling than LB can hope to…I don’t care how beautiful she was. (if it matters, I’m 35.) I love similar voices…and I realize this wasn’t the sole point of your lovely article. If you ever wish to read a book or two on tape, get in touch! (I’m entirely serious. I’m visually impaired, so rely on audio books, but it can be torture to listen to an unpleasant, squeaky narrator!)

By: Conz

Conz — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:38:50 +0000

Really Christie? get me a gig.

By: christie

christie — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:05:58 +0000

Connie Dahling, your voice-over work opportunities are endless!

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:14:23 +0000

Since I’m in the middle of menopause (for what feels like a decade), I’m going to run out and buy the box set of “Maude.” Thanks for the reference point. Bea Arthur for President!

By: beezersmom

beezersmom — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:13:20 +0000

This was the funniest, most thought-provoking piece I’ve read in ages. We baby boomers were the transitional generation between Donna Reed and Madonna; many of us took a lifetime to grow our own voices. Now that we’ve found them, I hope we never shut up! We’ve got a lot of collective wisdom under those gray hairs, even if they’re artificially “not so gray.”

By: Jayme

Jayme — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:27:10 +0000

What’s worse: a low-pitched, gravely-voiced mature woman, or a woman who elicits high-pitched itty bitty baby sounds, like a little girl? I’d take the drag queen version any day. You go Connie! Be loud, bold and even brash, if you want to. Menopause? Ha! Maude did set some good examples.