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“I was the rage.” [by Elizabeth Samet]
Chancing on John Huston's Key Largo the other night, I was reminded yet again that Claire Trevor has been insufficiently celebrated. Her first slightly slurred and lovely line—delivered from the barstool on which she has…
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Burned by Madoff (by Mitch Sisskind)
Oy, the whole Bernie Madoff affair has been so upsetting! It's especially discouraging for us Jewish people (including Scrooge McDuck, pictured above) because Bernie himself was "a member of the tribe." So were…
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“Christmas defeated Chanukah. . .” [by David Lehman]
Christmas defeated Chanukahonce again last nightby a margin of three billion dollarsor so, but every time I hear a Yiddish word like bupkes in a movie (L. A. Confidential)or when Oleg Cassini in that…
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Hannah Wehr, Guest Blogger December 21-27 (and other news)
This week we welcome Hannah Wehr, a student in the Creative Writing Program at UC irvine. Hannah has been a member of the Orange County and Los Angeles spoken word scene for the past…
