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It is a symptom of how insane @realDonaldTrump has made things that ppl are confidently speculating on the possibility that this is a last minute piece of political theatre in which they are faking a full outbreak & quick recovery in order to change the subject yet again
I'm sure someone will write a clear-eyed breakdown of exactly how complicated it would be to stage something like this, and what is the minimum number of ppl who would have to actively/knowingly participate in the lie in order to pull it off.
It strikes me as far beyond his capabilities-- not that he wouldn't have the WILL to do it, or that he couldn't find ppl to go along with it-- but this would require a certain amount of discipline & self-control. An impressive amount.
It's the difference between making a "John Barron" phone call to a journalist and making a full-length Borat sequel unnoticed, in terms of the skill level required to pull it off.

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Oct 4, 2020
Given where we are now-- Day 3 of @realDonaldTrump in the hospital, infected with COVID-19-- it's worth a look back at the timeline of what happened with Herman Cain.

June 20th: attends Trump rally in Tulsa. No mask.
June 25th: no more lockdowns
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I didn't know anything about TLTOC and had yet to see a Scorsese film, but I remember the priest describing the film as "pornographic" and it sounded like bullshit to me. I had no interest in seeing the movie but there was no way in hell I was going to stop going to the movies. Image
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Hi @jimmyfallon! I do a podcast called @DeadEyespodcast and I would love to talk to you for an episode! DM me! ImageImageImageImage
I was supposed to be in the same BoB episode YOU were in, @jimmyfallon!

Even if you only have 5 minutes to talk to me about your experience, it would mean so much.

[Previous guests include Seth Rogen, Jon Hamm, Aimee Mann, etc] Image
Oh yeah, the podcast is about how I was fired by Tom Hanks the day before I was supposed to film my scene; I was told the reason was that he saw my audition tape & thought I had "dead eyes"!

Here is a link to the podcast, @jimmyfallon/@FallonTonight:
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I have performed improv in front of 2 actors who were on Studio 60, and I was in a movie with 2 others.
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September @criterionchannl line-up includes 5 great films by @AlbertBrooks!

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I wish there was a book or podcast for @AlbertBrooks that was similar to the conversations Truffaut documented with Hitchcock or Bogdanovich had w/Orson Welles.

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