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Feingold explores the life of Arthur Miller. Like the tiny dot of light that, refracted through a burning glass, can instantly start wisps of smoke rising from flammable material, Miller was a focal point for American culture. Born into affluence and radicalized by the trauma of growing up during the Depression, he became, in succession, an artist, a commercial success, a political hero and victim, a celebrity, a pundit, an elder stateman, and finally a monument.
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Arthur Miller, 1915-2005
Like the tiny dot of light that, refracted through a burning glass, can instantly start wisps of smoke rising from flammable material, Arthur Miller was a focal point for American culture. Born into affluence and radicalized by the trauma of growing up during the Depression, he became, in succession, an artist, a commercial success, a political hero and victim, a cel...
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