"they talked to me about their hopes for the destruction of their government cheerfully and frankly, because they were living the movies playing in their minds and they wanted me to witness the projection.”
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"they talked to me about their hopes for the destruction of their government cheerfully and frankly, because they were living the movies playing in their minds and they wanted me to witness the projection.”
A magnificent essay on America by Stephen Marche.
The America I loved is gone
It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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"The country clubs are rife with men and women, in incredible luxury, complaining bitterly about the state of the country. The richest and most powerful, the Americans who have won, who have everything, are still not happy, and why? Their answer is that the American dream must be broken. There is no one who feels more betrayed by the American dream than the world’s richest man. Why else do you think he’s out there with a chainsaw?"
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"The definitive work of American art ... is the roadrunner cartoons. If Coyote keeps running, he can run over air. It is only when he looks down that he falls"
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