answers: William Rose
context: Dinner at Eight (song) "Dinner at Eight" is a song written and performed by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It originally appeared on his third studio album, "Want One" (2003). "Dinner at Eight" is the final track on Wainwright's third studio album, "Want One" (2003), and later appeared on "", his 2014 greatest hits album. The ballad describes a confrontation over dinner at a restaurant between Wainwright and his father, Loudon Wainwright III. Wainwright recalled: The song's lyrics compare Wainwright and his father to David and Goliath, respectively, and refer to "those old magazines". Wainwright takes some blame for their conflict, </s> who have always instilled in her the idea of racial equality. Although they try to hide it, Joanna's parents and in particular her father are initially upset that she is planning to marry a Negro man. The Draytons' black maid for 22 years, Tillie, is even more horrified, telling Joanna that John is trying to "get above himself" by marrying a white woman, but Joanna asks why it is okay that she loves Tillie but she shouldn’t love John, who is “just as black”. The Draytons are unsettled by her engagement with John, since they never thought that her choice </s> Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, and written by William Rose. It stars Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and features Hepburn's niece Katharine Houghton. The film was one of the few films of the time to depict an interracial marriage in a positive light, as interracial marriage historically had been illegal in most states of the United States, and still was illegal in 17 states—mostly Southern states—until 12 June 1967, six months before the film was released, roughly two weeks after Tracy
question: who wrote guess who 's coming to dinner