Defeats Jack Crawford

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    The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to be thrilled not only by the guarantee of the Good but also by the shudder of the Bad.
    Umberto Eco (b. 1932)

    This is the priest all shaven and shorn
    That married the man all tattered and torn
    Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 37–38)

    [Asked by an interviewer, “What do YOU want to be?”]: What people want me to be.
    —Joan Crawford (1908–1977)