miss crawford was in to kill a mockingbird as the neighborhood gossip.
miss crawford was in to kill a mockingbird as the neighborhood gossip.
who is miss crawford in to kill a mockingbird?
the neighborhood gossip
stephanie crawford is the neighborhood gossip, who claimed that she saw boo radley from her bedroom standing outside of her cleaned window one night. crawford is one of the first on the scene after a loud gunshot is heard behind the radley house. because she is the neighborhood gossip, it is unwise to think of anything she says as true, because most of the time it is not. she is a friend of alexandra hancock. she lets miss maudie live with her when the latter's house burns down, supposedly in order to steal miss maudie's lane cake recipe. she is thrilled to pass on gossip to the kids about boo radley, and claimed to have witnessed bob ewell's threatening atticus at the post office corner as she was returning from the local jitney jungle grocery store.
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the critics were mixed on the success of the film. "variety" commented, "performances are very slick, under vincent sherman's direction. miss crawford...sustains the romantic, middle-aged congresswoman with a light touch that is excellent." however, bosley crowther in "the new york times" generally panned the film, writing, "miss crawford's errant congresswoman is as aloof and imposing as the capital dome" and "joan crawford is working extra hard to make romance and liberalism attractive in the warner's film version [of the play]. and when miss crawford makes a mighty effort to do what she obviously regards as a significant piece of performing, the atmosphere is electrically charged. at least, it is loaded with tension—or a reasonable facsimile thereof—when miss crawford herself is posing or parading within the camera's range.
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