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Old 05-18-2022, 05:56 PM   #5 (permalink)
Ayn Marx
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I still think ACC is a masterpiece. Viewed through the lens of nearly two centuries later, yes, it may seem as you describe, but for its time it was pretty ground-breaking.
Maybe my view of A Christmas Carol is distorted by the painful experience of having been nagged into playing a minor role in a staged version?
My only line was “Thank your sir, a Merry Christmas sir”. That and the mean staging with a table and a few chairs as the only props made the entire exercise pathetic.
I’ve taken it down off my shelf and will see if I can stomach it in my dotage.
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