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ACTOR WALLACE SHAWN TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK OF ESSAYS IN WHICH HE COVERS 9/11, THE IRAQ WAR AND THE... |
| 00:00:42 |
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OKAY. SO I'VE BROUGHT A CLOCK AND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THE EVENT, IT'S 7:39 AND BY 8:39,... |
| 00:01:21 |
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SO CAN YOU -- YOU CAN HEAR ME, RIGHT? BUT CAN YOU SEE ME? BECAUSE I FEEL OBSCURED BY THESE MICROPHONES.... |
| 00:01:41 |
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BUT -- ALL RIGHT. I'LL TRY TO STAND UP STRAIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO READ -- THIS IS A COLLECTION OF --... |
| 00:06:23 |
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BUT YOU KNOW, THEY BUY HIS PAINTINGS JUST THE SAME. FOR ME, THOUGH, IT'S MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE... |
| 00:10:32 |
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SO IF I GET INTO A CONVERSATION, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH A PERSON WHO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT ME. I IMMEDIATELY... |
| 00:10:53 |
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WELL, I HAVE AT MY DISPOSABLE AN ARSENAL OF INDICATORS OF SUPERIORITY THAT I CAN POTENTIALLY DEPLOY.... |
| 00:19:09 |
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ART CAN BE CENTRAL IN A PERSON'S LIFE. IF THE ART WE CREATE IS BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH, WILL PEOPLE BE SO... |
| 00:19:42 |
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THE DEFENSE OF PRIVILEGE, THE CENTER OF OUR LIVES FOR SUCH A LONG TIME IS GRIM. EXHAUSTING. WE'RE... |
| 00:20:57 |
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DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? [LAUGHTER] |
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ANSWERS? |
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THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. |
| 00:21:19 |
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THANK YOU. I GUESS I'M KIND OF A RIGHT BRAINED GUY WITHOUT GIVING AWAY YOUR ANONYMITY. I'M CURIOUS... |
| 00:21:33 |
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WELL, I GREW UP ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE. AND I LIVE IN CHELSEA. |
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THANK YOU. |
| 00:21:41 |
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JUST LASTLY, I LOVE THE MANSION OF ARTS AND LETTERS. THAT'S GREAT. . THANK YOU. . |
| 00:21:58 |
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CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT PRECISELY MADE UP THE AGREEABLE SANDWICHES? |
| 00:22:04 |
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NO. [LAUGHTER] |
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I MEAN, THAT'S THE SANDWICH WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR. [LAUGHTER] |
| 00:22:21 |
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I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I JUST RECENTLY READ ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU WROTE.... |
| 00:22:45 |
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I DIDN'T SEE THAT. WHAT AN INCREDIBLY NICE THING FOR HIM TO SAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE STRUGGLE... |
| 00:23:58 |
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SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, TUNE THEIR EARS UP TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF SKILL DEVOTING ALL DAY TO IT.... |
| 00:25:51 |
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YOU PROBABLY WROTE THIS SOME TIME AGO. AND NOW WE ARE SEEING THE ECONOMY AS BAD AS IT IS PROBABLY ... |
| 00:26:24 |
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WELL, I SUPPOSE, YOU KNOW, IT ISN'T -- I DON'T THINK I COULD TELL EVERYBODY HERE, HOW THEY SHOULD... |
| 00:28:32 |
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I'M WONDERING IF YOU FEEL THAT ANY OF THOSE STANDARD WORKS COULD MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE THAT... |
| 00:28:53 |
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WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AS AN INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEING I WISH PEOPLE MORE THAN THEY SEEM TO BE. YES,... |
| 00:30:42 |
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YOU KNOW? [INAUDIBLE QUESTION] |
| 00:30:47 |
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THE LAST OF THE "ESSAYS" WAS -- I THINK THAT SLOW THE PLAYS ARE SOMEWHAT PROTHETIC AND DO SEEM TO... |
| 00:31:35 |
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WHETHER IT'S FROM NEW YORK OR IN THE REGION. |
| 00:31:44 |
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BOY, THAT -- I OBVIOUSLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, TAKEN THE COWARDS WAY OUT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT TO, YOU KNOW,... |
| 00:32:39 |
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BUT I WAS THINKING OF THE NOBLE PART ALONE. IT'S JUST TOO I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW? I WOULD HAVE TO... |
| 00:53:07 |
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SHOULD WE DO FIVE MORE MINUTES OF THOUGHTS? [INAUDIBLE COMMENT] [APPLAUSE] |
| 00:53:32 |
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I AM AN ESSAYIST MYSELF, I'M A PERSON WHO TEACHING WRITING. |
| 00:53:42 |
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I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BREATHING NEW LIFE IN THIS FORM. WHICH SEEMS PARTICULARLY SUITED THE REST... |
| 00:54:13 |
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MAYBE THE WALLACE TV SHOW WITH YOU. |
| 00:54:16 |
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ALL RIGHT. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. "ESSAYS" ARE WONDERFUL FORM, ABSOLUTELY. DOES ANYONE... |
| 00:54:59 |
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WELL, I'M NOT -- I'M NOT COMMITTING MYSELF TO SAYING THAT AN ELECTION IS INEVITABLABLE NOTHING BUT... |
| 00:57:09 |
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I NOTICED IN THE PLAY. I WAS WONDERING IT'S BEEN DONE A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT WE KNOW. I WANT WONDERED... |
| 00:57:23 |
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I -- YOU KNOW, WHEN I GREW OF ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE, I WENT TO SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDED SELF-ESTEEM,... |
| 00:58:15 |
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AND THEN I CHECKED IT OUT, THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM GERMAN IS ACTUALLY THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE. AND, YOU KNOW,... |
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BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T HAVE THAT MANY LUDICROUS, THERE WERE LUDICROUS THINGS, YOU KNOW? BUT, YES... |
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OKAY. THANK YOU. |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
