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Joe Lieberman was threatening censorship. What I'm arguing is that if the creative people in Hollywood themselves have a responsibility, have a moral responsibility in terms of smoking, not to show smoking in movies.
Joe Eszterhas
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Joe Eszterhas
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 23
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