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The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization.
One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?
Arthur Calwell, Politician (1896) |
Robertson Davies, Novelist (1913) |
Marvin Davis, Businessman (1925) |
Terrell Davis, Athlete (1972) |
Dan Deacon, Musician (1981) |
Ben Gazzara, Actor (1930) |
Umberto Giordano, Composer (1867) |
Armie Hammer, Actor (1986) |
Samuel Larsen, Actor (1991) |
Bruce Catton, Historian (1978) |