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Tanaquil Le Clercq. Photo courtesy Jerome Robbins/Robbins Rights Trust

Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun

Respect for People with Disabilities – Humor and Comebacks

In this outtake from American Masters - Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun, Le Clercq's friend describes the lack of respect the former ballerina was shown, most likely because she was in a wheelchair. Le Clercq used humor as a comeback to set the ...

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The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch

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Robert Sherwood, reviewing cowboy hero Tom Mix: "They say he rides as if he’s part of the horse, but they don’t say which part." Dorothy Parker: "That woman speaks eighteen languages and can’t say ‘no’ in any of them." George S. Kaufman: Once when asked ...