“I lost my virginity for fear of being rude.” Dorothy Parker was a biting critic of the rich and advocate for the less fortunate. Martini in hand, Claudia Baumgarten, as Mrs. Parker, skewers the Jazz Age, her fellow Round Table writers, Hollywood and her own love life. Are her incisive social observations still relevant and entertaining in the 21st century? Yes! "I'm a feminist and you must remember that when New York was scarcely safe from buffaloes, I was in the struggle for equal rights for women." She wrote of soldiers in war, the eternal conflict between the sexes, hilarious book and play reviews, and book bans. She was the first female drama critic in America, founded the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League, a member of the American Screenwriter's Guild, a dog lover and target of the FBI. Directed by: Diana ShortesCast: Claudia Baumgarten