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Verbal Barbs in Comedies of Remarriage

Screwball comedies in the 1930s and 1940s conveyed sexual attraction through verbal battles.

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A Champ on the Field, a Thug Elsewhere

Sports Saturday Although it is a downer on the eve of Super Bowl Sunday, I can’t help but think of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger through the lens of Joyce Carol Oates’ terrifying short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” This is one reason I will be not be rooting for the […]

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