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FINIAN'S RAINBOW was Astaire's final musical, not his final movie

"No matter how religious he was at a given time, Gene did not discount omens and superstitions."

Shouldn't it just as well be *because* he was it religious?

Also:

after the '29 crash: "Americans did not need another economist or lawyer. They needed a 'great entertainer.'

OK, just how many of these positions were available?

Impeccably researched but maaaaaaaaybe not terribly well written.

"Do not let the poison of your spirit keep you from the truth."

"'It feels like a nest of fire ants around here lately... All stirred up and angry about everything, ready to sting anything that comes close."

"sometimes things that you should know dance just out of reach for many years."

"sometimes things that you should know dance just out of reach for many years."

"I remember how people would walk around not even seeing each other... No one was where they were."

DAMN this is funny. not just jokey or clever and biting, but legitimately funny. 170 pages left to go awry...

Quite funny so far. First-person really amps the humor.

she's not so good on religion, feels received and secondhand.

*bzzt* DisneyLAND is in California, Ms. North. He'd either say "Disney World" or "Disney"

feels like Ms. North has found a structure to support her favorite causes

(well, third to first.)

First person to third person! Warning sign!

"Who among us is not the great I AM?"

Not I, Ms. Lockwood. Though left to myself I act as if.

"Part of what you have to figure out in this life is, Who would I be if I hadn't been frightened? What hurt me, and what would I be if it hadn't?"

the most vital truth of this is "Part of". And it's a much smaller part than what we imagine... but it hasn't stopped us from getting stuck on it and casting about for villains.

Chapter 17 is really arresting and valuable. I want to make certain people read it.

When she finally gets down to it, she's very good on the important stuff:

"even now I could not tell you which curves of that circle were harm and which were haven."