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Evan is on page 384 of 592 of The Tin Drum

Evan is on page 225 of 344 of Groucho and Me: The Autobiography of Groucho Marx

A film director told Groucho not to do asides to the audience that broke the fourth wall as he had on stage. He did it anyway. This made me realize he not only broke the wall between actor and spectator, but shattered the illusion of the other nonsense behind him. This literally saves the film from itself, and its formulaic romance and flabby routines. If I'm in this hell, you are too. Groucho knew wtf he was doing.

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Groucho and Me: The Autobiography of Groucho Marx

Evan is on page 364 of 592 of The Tin Drum

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Evan is on page 330 of 635 of The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time

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Evan is on page 207 of 344 of Groucho and Me: The Autobiography of Groucho Marx

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Evan is on page 334 of 592 of The Tin Drum

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Evan is on page 150 of 344 of Groucho and Me: The Autobiography of Groucho Marx

Groucho and Charlie Chaplin hanging around at the brothels together in their early days. Groucho showing some remarkably enlightened views on repressed American attitudes to sexuality in this section.

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Evan is on page 130 of 344 of Groucho and Me: The Autobiography of Groucho Marx

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Evan is on page 304 of 592 of The Tin Drum

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Evan is on page 112 of 344 of Groucho and Me: The Autobiography of Groucho Marx

"By Friday we were so desperate for meat that we were even eyeing one another." Groucho is on a roll now. Constant laughs.

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Evan is on page 274 of 592 of The Tin Drum

Ah. Yes. Originality, absurdist inner logic, humor, poetic feeling. Literature is back! Nice to be engaging it again.

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Evan is on page 250 of 488 of The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome

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Evan is on page 261 of 592 of The Tin Drum

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Evan is on page 82 of 344 of Groucho and Me: The Autobiography of Groucho Marx

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Evan is on page 234 of 488 of The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome

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Evan is on page 223 of 488 of The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome

This is great stuff. Proving also that nothing has changed in 2,000 years.

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Evan is on page 191 of 488 of The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome

"... nor did every man interpret oaths and laws in just the sense which suited him best; he preferred to shape his own conduct by their requirements."
-something our lawless administration now does not care about...

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Evan is on page 182 of 488 of The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome

Spurius Furius is some name.

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Trump is having gladiatorial wrestling at the White House like some bloated Caligula. He's a degenerate ignoramus with no class who appeals to same.

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Evan is on page 64 of 344 of Groucho and Me: The Autobiography of Groucho Marx

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Evan is on page 232 of 592 of The Tin Drum

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Getting out from under the yoke of maximalist novels for the moment made me realize something: not one of my favorite fiction works, other than Fielding's Tom Jones, exceeds 700 pages. All my favorites are in the 200-300-page range. Nonfiction is different. There are many long books of non-fict I love. Maybe in future no more maximalist novels?

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Evan is on page 177 of 488 of The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome

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Evan is on page 36 of 344 of Groucho and Me: The Autobiography of Groucho Marx

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Evan is on page 220 of 592 of The Tin Drum

Pretty great so far.

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A cell phone is a home-incarceration monitor in a police state.
-(Evan Gilling)

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Evan is on page 170 of 488 of The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome

I'm enjoying Livy quite a bit. A 2,000-year old text turns out to be light reading compared to some of the 20th century stuff I've tackled.

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Evan is on page 160 of 488 of The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome

"The plebeians were more angry at the silence of the tribunes than at the exercise of authority on the part of the consuls."
Sound familiar?

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