Like the tail fins on fifties American cars or the parabolic shapes of Populuxe furniture, 'West Side Story' … - John Lahr

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The media does not act like they ever lose. If Trump wins, their attitude is gonna be, "Well, it's just gonna take us a little longer to destroy him. " And they will continue to try to destroy Trump. And they will do it by finding Democrats who think that he deserves to be impeached.

John Lahr

Like the tail fins on fifties American cars or the parabolic shapes of Populuxe furniture, 'West Side Story' incarnates the dream of momentum in the golden age of the twentieth century.

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When Elvis made his mass-media debut on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' - his notorious gyrations filmed only from the waist up - I fell off the family chaise longue with delight.

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