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Loved reading this. You wove it all together so well and there's so much to relate to!

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thank you im happy you read it

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Love that a Bug Mane song made it into The People's Joker soundtrack.

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"Or, in Joe’s case, young and useless." Impayable, as they say in French. Trick question: when you were a has been from the start, what came before?

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Including my favorite one from that era, Buster Keaton. ("Pass...pass.").

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Even though he was playing himself, DeMille prepped for his on-screen time like the actor he had once been at the start of his career. He understood what Wilder was doing and played his part in it.

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The movie is full of silent era cameos too

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