Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself …

Angela Carter
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Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and put the dream into mass production. ✨ Angela Carter (1993). Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings, Vintage Books
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