A short by Tal Kantor in which:
A brief meeting after many years undermines a father’s world and renders his words meaningless.
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On a Dublin Bus this morning
William writes:
“‘Qualified success’ means ‘partial success’ – so their college poster-child [possibly posed by model] is literally saying ‘I want to be a partial success’. All the more amusing as this college specialises in communications…”
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A letter sent by 24 year-old future screenwriter Robert Pirosh (1910 – 1989) to the directors and producers of Hollywood in 1934.
It landed him three interviews and a job as junior writer with MGM which led on to a gig writing for the Marx Brothers and, later, an Oscar for his script for Battleground in 1949.
(Pic: guardian)
(H/T: Marsupial)
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Coined by writer and humourist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), inventor of the equally excellent word ‘blurb’ back in 1907.