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Jul 24, 2022 · Harling was distraught that his two-year-old nephew would never know his mother. "When I heard Robert {nephew} call another woman, Mama, it just drove me nuts." He was quick to add that, as it turned out, she was a lovely woman and a great mother, but this was too much at the time.
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Jul 28, 2017 · Afraid his two-year-old nephew would never know who his mother was, Harling started writing. "All I wanted to do was have somebody remember her," he says. "I always thought the women in my community were so witty and clever," he says.
Mar 28, 2014 · Although Robert was brought up by his father Pat, who is now married for a third time, Robert has remained in contact with his nephew and last saw him at his mother’s funeral.
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May 30, 2019 · The very same year, Harling started writing with one person in mind: his nephew. ADVERTISEMENT. Afraid his two-year-old nephew would never know who his mother was, Harling began to write the bones of Steel Magnolias - and immortalised his sister in the character Shelby, played by Julia Roberts.
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- The title was inspired by real life. Harling said the title, "Steel Magnolias," is the perfect description for the women it profiles: They're both delicate like a flower, but also hard as steel.
- Harling wrote the play in 10 days. Many writers take months or years to write a play. But Harling wrote "Steel Magnolias" in only 10 days. "Ten days later, that's all it took because I had lived the story."
- It was originally going to be a short story. Harling said when he began putting his sister's story down in writing, it began as a short story. "But I was missing the sound of the wonderful vernacular," he said.
- Harling at first thought his story was a drama. When the play was first in rehearsal, Harling says they thought it was strictly a drama, since they were performing a dark, emotional story.
The play is based on the family experience of the death of author Robert Harling's sister, Susan Harling-Robinson, in 1985 from diabetic complications after the birth of his namesake nephew and the failure of a family-member-donated kidney.
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Robert M. Harling III (born November 12, 1951) is an American writer, producer and film director.
