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A favorite strategy was the paragraph-terminating: Right? Followed immediately by Wrong. This linear invitation to a mugging was considered a strategy of wit.
Renata Adler
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Renata Adler
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: October 19
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Film Critic
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Milano
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Brett Daniels
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