One line has stuck in my mind from the
U.S.A.
trilogy that John dos Passos published in the 1930s: “All right we
are two nations.” That was the writer’s response to the executions
of the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927. When I watched the
video below my jaw dropped. I thought at first it was a clever
production from a pro-life group: note the lighting, the leering
chuckles, the overall creepiness. Maybe the actor is hoping to
replace Max McLean in the stage production of
The
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