Meryl Streep commenting that she played it on "automatic pilot". She performed the role of Katherine in "The Taming of the Shrew" for Shakespeare in the Park, and also played a supporting role in "Manhattan" (1979) for Woody Allen. Streep later said that Allen did not provide her with a complete script, giving her only the six pages of her own scenes, and did not permit her to improvise a word of her dialogue. In the drama "Kramer vs. Kramer", Streep was cast opposite Dustin Hoffman as an unhappily married woman who abandons her husband and child. Streep thought that the script
Woody Allen does not deny that Allen wrote the part for her and about her. The film is ranked at No. 35 on the "American Film Institute" "100 Best Movies" and at No. 4 on the AFI list of "100 Best Comedies." "Manhattan" (1979), is a black-and-white film often viewed as an homage to New York City. As in many Allen films, the main protagonists are upper-middle class writers and academics. The lovehate opinion of cerebral persons found in "Manhattan" is characteristic of many of Allen's movies, including "Crimes and Misdemeanors" and "Annie Hall." "Manhattan" focuses on the complicated relationship between middle-aged