ARTICLES BY JOHN HASKELL
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 ORGY
By John HaskellThere's a famous line from the movie The Wild Ones. Marlon Brando, playing the part of a motorcycle rebel, has rolled into town, and when a townsperson asks him, "What are you protesting against," he says, "Wha'd ya got?" Although Brando was almost 30 when he made the movie, he represented a form of adolescent rebellion, against powerlessness, and against an adult world that constantly reminded him he wasn't old enough or good enough. A child protests by saying no to authority because saying no is the only choice it has, and, like Marl...
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  CARY GRANT ON LSD
By John HaskellCary Grant had the persona of a happy-go-lucky guy, but as a human being he must've had conflicts. He said as much when he started taking LSD. This was in the late 1950s, when his acting career had already peaked, his marriages hadn't worked out, and...
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 BEING A MONSTER
By John HaskellThese stories are part of a novel I'm writing, and the novel is about how we create the idea of utopia, and then what happens to that idea. We start out with a kind of dissatisfaction, something isn't quite right with the world; it's unjust or unfair or we can't seem to find any happiness. That's wh...
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