Six Degrees of Separation
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- Seconds?
- Ah!

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Blunt question. What's he like?
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- Oh, let's not be star-fuckers.
- I'm not a star- fucker.

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Well... you know my father. He's... perfect.
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So confident and in control.
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And I used to wonder how could
I ever possibly live up to him.

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And then one night, when I was 16-
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we were at the Cannes Film Festival,
of all places -

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I looked up and said to him:
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"Wow, Dad, this is all so easy for you."
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Why did I say that?
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He sat me down and set me straight.
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Actually, it was a relief for me
to know my father was no superman.

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That he has problems. And there are
moments in his life when he's scared.

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And, yes, sometimes
life is whipping his tail.

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And he doesn't feel like he can get
through the day. That's refreshing for me.

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Because I have times like that myself.
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I just loved the kid so much.
I wanted to reach out to him.

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Then we asked him
what his thesis was on.

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- The one that was stolen.
- Well...

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A teacher out on Long lsland was dropped
from his job for fighting with a student.

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Weeks later, he returned to the classroom,
shot the student - unsuccessfully,

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held the class hostage,
and then shot himself - successfully.

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This fact caught my eye.
Last sentence, Times -

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"A neighbour described
the teacher as a nice boy,

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always reading Catcher in the Rye. "
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This nitwit Chapman,
who shot John Lennon,

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said he did it to draw the attention
of the world to Catcher in the Rye,

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and the reading of this book
would be his defence.


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