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Article: OONA CHAPLIN, CASUALTY OF GENIUS.(Books)(Review)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- December 27, 1998
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Byline: Steve Galpern
Oona: Living in the Shadows, a Biography of Oona O'Neill Chaplin
By Jane Scovell. Warner Books, 352 pages, $25.
Not since the Greeks told the story for the first time has the Oedipus complex gotten such a good workout.
In dissecting Oona Chaplin for her new book, Oona: Living in the Shadows, author Jane Scovell uses the age-old premise tiresomely to flesh out the life of a woman who never really wanted her story told.
The daughter of Eugene O'Neill and wife of Charlie Chaplin, Oona Chaplin was, as the title suggests, a shadowy figure of popular culture. As in all good Oedipal stories, her tale begins with ...