Miss May Does Not Exist

 

I read a book about Mike Nichols a few years ago and really enjoyed it. He and Elaine May started out doing improv together--if you look up their sketches on YouTube they are hysterical. 

I really enjoyed this one. Elaine May is still alive (in her 90s) and pretty much a hermit, which I can certainly admire. Why should she have to give interviews or see people if she doesn't want to? Good for her. 

For a long time she was known as a script doctor in Hollywood. She almost never got credit for the scripts she fixed, but she worked on *huge* movies like "Tootsie". Such a talented woman who was definitely ahead of her time.