Tonight I saw a production of Ragtime in which the woman playing Emma Goldman looked exactly like Gilda Radner. It was incredible. Sadly, the friend I was with didn't know Radner and couldn't appreciate the similarities. Because it was so good. But also strange, because I kept thinking, "I like both Gilda and Goodman, but I can't help but feel that they don't quite fit together, it's not a perfect pair." I kept waiting for this after one of Goldman's fiery speeches:
Which, we can all agree, would be horribly wrong. You don't end a rally to strike with "Never mind."
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