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Three's A Crowd: Law, Literature, And Truth, Marianne Wesson
Three's A Crowd: Law, Literature, And Truth, Marianne Wesson
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The Fiction Of Public Life, Philip Marshall
The Fiction Of Public Life, Philip Marshall
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
One of Woody Allen's first jobs was as a gag/joke writer indirectly for New York gossip columnists. To coordinate with the appearance of famous people at grand openings, Allen would write appropriately witty lines that a star's press agent would work hard to get placed in a newspaper column like Walter Winchell's. The lines would be treated as authentic quotes as the star entered the premiere, club or ceremony (Lax 71). His reputation grew from this ability to see what would be humorous to say in a very public setting, or just generally what would make a particular star look …