So Bill Alland suggested Ellen become a streetwalker for an evening?

Excellent! I'm glad Bradbury was sharp enough to use that. Pity they cut out the part where she tries to pick up the Martian.

So then, based on the progression of the drafts, the minor differences and overwhelming similarities, Bradbury's oft-repeated anti-Hollywood rant about writing two stories, one shttty and one Real Bradbury, is self-serving twaddle with no anchor in objective reality... correct?  And Bill Alland, like him or hate him, was essentially telling the factual truth when he called bllshhttt on Bradbury's version of events.  Correct?

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