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Tender Is the Encore; Sorry, Scott Fitzgerald - This Was the Year of the Second Act
From: The Washington Post
Date: 19921227
Author:Peter Carlson
TO ME, 1992 will go down as the year that finally drove a stake through the heart of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous - and most ludicrous - statement.
"There are no second acts in American lives," Fitzgerald wrote. It's a line with a nice ring to it, and it's been quoted at least a million times, despite the fact that it is completely untrue. Actually, America leads the world in the production of second acts. Which was proven forever by the events of 1992.
Take the story of Bambi Bembenek, for instance. Ten years ago, Bambi, a former policewoman and Playboy bunny, was convicted of ...
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