Arthur Miller is dead. Well, every man's death diminishes me, but I always thought he was overrated, at least since about the time I was 19. I remember we read Death of a Salesman and The Crucible in ninth-grade English class, and, frankly, Arthur Miller operated on about a ninth-grade mentality. There's just no comparison between him and the real American dramatist of the 1950s, Tennessee Williams.

He did nail Marilyn Monroe. On the other hand, I have always thought Marilyn was way, way overrated as a sex symbol. I just don't get the whole Marilyn thing, though I wouldn't be surprised if it's mostly a gay camp deal. She wasn't at all bad as a comedy actress, though, and she was great in the Misfits. I guess it would be cool to go around saying you'd nailed the same broad as JFK, but then on the other hand, what with all the broads JFK nailed, probably a lot of guys could say that, and from what I've read about Marilyn, she got around too. In my opinion the coolest guy to nail Marilyn was undoubtedly Joe D.