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Dad's Theory of Arrogance--that everyone always assumes they're the Principal Character of Desire and/or Loathing in everybody else's Broadway Play.

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Marisha Pessl
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 26
Writer
Clarkston
Michigan
Desire
Broadway
Else
Principal
Character
Arrogance
Play
Assuming
Always
Dad
Theory
Everybody
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Everyone
Loathing

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