"Play La Marseillaise. Play it!"— Victor Laszlo, "Casablanca"
Which the band does, but only after Rick gives them the nod.
And that tiny sign of committing to one side (however weak and imperfect it is) over the other (however powerful and well-financed they may be) is the moral pivot on which the entire story turns.
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1. Lewis Black signs on as Donald Trump's campaign manager.
2. Paul Wolfowitz.
3. Yeats' "The Second Coming".
4. Tom Friedman, "The Mustache of Understanding" .
5. Ginni Thomas hired by Bib-and-Tucker Carlson.
6. Steve Forbes gets eated.
7. Constantine's Sword.
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3 comments:
I've read that Bogart filmed the nod several days before the band looked his way for guidance, and was only told to give a nod of approval without any idea what he was approving.
Driftglass, can you give me the author of that book you mention about Constantine? I can't find it anywhere.
Anon,
"Constantine's Sword" by James Carroll.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSQWHqBLrSo
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