Coincidence? Reclusive author J.D. Salinger, Marxist professor Howard Zinn, diminutive actress Zelda Rubinstein all dead.
All of natural causes.
All famous.
All old.
All now silent.
Who stood to gain? And why? Let's examine the facts: Salinger—literary giant, unpublished in almost a half century; Zinn—an academic giant who never stopped publishing; Rubinstein—very short actress, who starred in a film 28 years ago and never really cracked the limelight again. Here we see only the outward strands of an intricate web of—
Okay, let me start over: Salinger—rejected fame; Zinn—courted it; Rubinstein—had it and lost it. Fame is a four-letter word, but that word is also a sinister acronym. F.A.M.E. stands for—
Hold on here. I'm just warming up. Salinger—Catcher in the Rye; Zinn—People's History of the United States; Rubinstein—Poltergeist, a movie, which she didn't write. Two linked by art, one an academic, all involved in espousing world views that unmasked the hidden cauldron of—
Well, they are all deceased.
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Very funny. I imagined it the dialogue of a detective type of character.
It reminded me of that month in which half of Hollywood died (Jacko, Farrah, Montalban, McMahon, Kennedy, etc.).
Instead of reminding me of some famous film, this reminded me of Nostalgia Critic's video where he decodes Angry Video Game Nerd's complements and they turn out to be an insult.
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