The white cracker who wrote the National Anthem knew what he was doing…

Tony Kushner
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The white cracker who wrote the National Anthem knew what he was doing. He set the word free to a note so high nobody could reach it. That was deliberate. ✨ Tony Kushner (2013). Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition, p.230, Theatre Communications Group
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The white cracker who wrote the National Anthem knew what he was doing. He set the word free to a note so high nobody could reach it. That was deliberate. ✨ Tony Kushner (2013). Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition, p.230, Theatre Communications Group

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