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"Gloria Monti (GD 1995)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 14 Nov 1993 22:40:59 -0400
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On Sun, 14 Nov 1993, Rustin Greene wrote:
 
> =======================================================FRI NOV 12, 1993
 15.32.21
> Friends,
> The passion expressed over the past few days has both entertained and i
> nfuriated me. Of course some silent films are brilliant, universal works
> of art. . .but, to contend that there have been no significant
> developments in the movies since Jolson opened his mouth reminds me of
> those who contend that English language literature has not progressed
> since Shakespeare (or whoever he/she was).
 
        Possibly the same people who force dead white males down our
university curricula and call it "the classics."  Enough is enough.
 
        Gloria Monti
        Yale University

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