Driving Miss Daisy

Alfred Uhry

1987

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This text includes a graphic description of lynching and racist sentiments. This selection provides insight into a piece of Jewish culture; however, The Posen Library does not condone or promote hate speech of any kind.
Daisy:

Honestly, Boolie. Are you trying to irritate me in the middle of an ice storm?

She hangs up the phone. Light out on her. Boolie stands a moment in wonder. Light out on him. In the dark we hear the sounds of horns blaring. A serious traffic jam. When the lights come up, Daisy is in the car, wearing a hat. She is anxious, twisting in her seat…

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Creator Bio

Alfred Uhry

b. 1936

Born and brought up in Atlanta, Alfred Uhry is a playwright, lyricist, and librettist who has adapted his own and others’ plays for the screen. Many of his story lines concern Jewish life in the American South. Uhry received a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 and has also received the Marton Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, a Tony Award, and an Academy Award.

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