Louis-Dreyfus sharp at Twain Prize event
Actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus accepted the Kennedy Center’s 21st annual Mark Twain Prize on Sunday with heartfelt thanks to the cadre of colleagues gathered to pay tribute to the “Veep” star during a warm and spontaneous evening that recounted her illustrious career. Some of the event’s most pointed material was aimed at the Trump administration.
“I grew up in the D.C. area during the quaint, oldfashioned Rule of Law period,” Louis-Dreyfus said during comments upon accepting the honor. LouisDreyfus noted that she attended the private Maryland girls school Holton Arms, “which has been in the news lately” (in connection with new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh).
Recalling her performance there in a play, she said she still remembers every detail of the occasion. “But I don’t remember who drove me to the show or who drove me home,” she said, in an arch reference to the testimony of Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford.
Most of the artists on hand performed with LouisDreyfus throughout her TV resume that included “Saturday Night Live,” “Seinfeld,” “Watching Ellie” and “Veep.” The list included Tina Fey, Jerry Seinfeld, Bryan Cranston, Stephen Colbert, Lisa Kudrow, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson and Kumail Nanjiani.