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Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 14, 2024

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The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the last years of Hollywood by Sam Wasson. This all started because I recently met a California girl (woman) who looked to me very much like Sharon Tate. I told her this, which went over about as well as you'd expect. In any case I then did a deep dive and ended up with this book, which is not directly about Tate, but is quite well written and paints an interesting picture of the late 60s early 70s Hollywood. I also rewatched Chinatown, which is in my view a nearly perfect film, if such terms can be used.