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Tippy Monologue from Class of '29

From Class of '29 by Orrie Lashin

male · contemplative · 56 sec

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Circumstances do not excuse crimes, but they do explain them. (Pause.) We've all taken plenty. But I'll say this, old man. If I'm the first member of the Class of '29 to check in at the big Court House I'll look up the judge and I'll say to him, "See here, God, when Ted Brooks arrives, don't judge him till you've looked up his full record. The cards were stacked against that guy from the start! The rest of us merely needed jobs, but he needed..." (Pauses, not knowing how to finish.) (TED: Thanks, Tippy.) I'll be damned if I know what you do need!

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20s · confusion · fate · identity · redemption · isolation

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