The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over th…

Arthur Miller
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The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders of father and mother. The worst is exploiting and wallowing in the self-pity of adolescence and obsessive keyhole sexuality. The way out, as the poet says, is always through. ✨ Arthur Miller (2016). The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller, p.155, Bloomsbury Publishing
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