The Tragic Life of Dorothy Parker: Whiskey, Wit, and Wounds

Dorothy Parker was too quick, too dangerous, and far too sharp for the world she lived in. From the "Vicious Circle" of the Algonquin Round Table to the Hollywood Blacklist, this is a 60-minute deep dive into the poet who turned pain into a weapon. The Full Summary: In this feature-length biography, we move past the witty quips to perform a psychological autopsy on one of the most brilliant and broken minds of the 20th century. We explore the "gilded bones" of her Rothschild roots, her volatile marriage to Eddie Parker, and her exile in a Hollywood that wanted sugar while she offered salt. This isn't just a list of facts; it’s the story of a woman who fought fascists before America dared to say the word, outlived the men who tried to silence her, and left a legacy that still cuts deeper than any blade. 0:00 Dorothy Parker: The Woman Who Turned Wit Into a Weapon 1:46 "A True New Yorker": The Rothschild Roots 2:24 "She Promptly Went and Died on Me": Early Trauma 3:51 Fired by Nuns: The Education of a Rebel 5:06 Brevity is the Soul of Lingerie: Early Career 6:18 A Five-Minute Bride: Marriage to Eddie Parker 7:07 The Most Merciless Critic in New York 7:50 Fired for a Wise Crack: The Ziegfeld Scandal 8:49 The Vicious Circle: Queen of the Algonquin 10:22 Post-War Darkness and the Gin Age 11:47 "Lips that Taste of Tears": 12:35 "You Might As Well Live": The Razor’s Edge 13:54 The New Yorker and the Rise of a Legend 15:22 Hemingway, Paris, and the Lost Generation 18:06 "Resume": The Darkest Poem Ever Written 19:52 Sacco, Vanzetti, and a Political Awakening 23:05 "Big Blonde": An Exorcism in Fiction 24:20 Hollywood Exile: Salt in a City of Sugar 28:15 Alan Campbell: The Anchor of her Second Act 29:25 The Million-Dollar Screenwriting Machine 34:31 A Star is Born: Peeling Back the Gilded Rot 35:58 The Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald 37:09 Smuggled into Madrid: The Fight Against Fascism 38:46 The Salon of Revolution: Activism in Beverly Hills 42:39 Facing Down the Red Scare: Dorothy vs. HUAC 45:12 "The Poor Son of a B*tch": A Death in Hollywood 49:01 Hitchcock’s Saboteur and the Shadow of War 50:42 Marked in Red Channels: The Blacklist 56:12 The Volney Hotel: The Silent Final Act 1:00:27 "Excuse My Dust": Death and Legacy 1:02:57 Thank You to Our Patrons #DorothyParker #WomenWriters #womenshistorymonth #WomensHistory #AlgonquinRoundTable #WhiskeyWitWounds #AlgonquinRoundTable