Dialogue: "Being Miranda July"

Award-winning director, author and performance artist Miranda July talks with Dialogue host Marcia Franklin about her work and life. The conversation was taped at the Church of the Big Wood in Ketchum, ID, as part of an event sponsored by the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. It aired on May 19, 2017.

[@tobiaremu]

this is truly one of the best interviews i've seen of miranda july - major props to marcia franklin

[@mariamason1919]

I was so impressed with Marcia Franklin. It is so rare to find someone who can make an interview truly interesting and asks interesting, important questions. I have been a fan of Miranda July since...I can't remember. A very long time. I love her authenticity. She reminds all of us we are unique and it is better to be your unique 'self" than to live your life trying to please others and everyone around you. Only you can be YOU. Miranda July helped teach me so many lessons about myself and that life is only worth living if you can be true to yourself. She is a wonder. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@marciafranklin2075]

Thank you so much, Maria!

[@neurofire]

Free spirit who delivers. I think she's tapped into rarefied air - takes courage to climb that mountain. Good interview/er.

[@dewfall56]

I fell in love with MJ back in 2004 when I first learned about her. I collected a copy of all her CDs and VHS tapes that I could find. I was mesmerized by her stories and creativity, that operated on more than one level. If you were new to her, it's hard to tell when she is screwing with your mind, or being straight. If you study her performances, you see that under the obvious, there is another story happening simultaneously. Nuance is one of her tools of deception to her audience. She also knows how to wield fear and the F-A-T-E. I had only known that kind of thinking in myself. Societal norms beat conformity into people so much, we barely dare to think freely and creatively, but I suppose we are better off with laws and rules, because that a civilization makes. Without it, humanity would be living like animals, fighting each other, and no construction. Miranda somehow flew over the top of that conditioning. She holds and flaunts something the rest of us lost. In the past, I longed so much to meet her one day and share our thoughts on what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object (which I figured out btw, in case she is listening).

[@vanessas2363]

This really took me out of myself
Wonderful 😊🇬🇧

[@kennethkrabat]

she is just lovely.

[@mandrian8707]

I love her.

[@RobertoBeretta148]

I Loved, Me and You and Everyone We Know! The "Poop Back & Forth" Scene was HILARIOUS!

[@LECITIZENTEN]

Sigh. Thank you for this.

[@LibertineQueen]

I thought this was going to be Miranda July talking *about* writing dialogue! Still interesting to watch, though.

[@johnIZaUWL]

My kinda woman ❤️😘😘

[@sunflowers2469]

Narcissism

[@pspspsjora]

huh