"Ratboy: It's so hard being different"
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“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
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"Ratboy: It's so hard being different"
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
"Ratboy: It's so hard being different"
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CAUSES
1 comment:
What the heck? and Robert Townsend to boot?
Looks like this was one of the movie experiences he was talking about in Hollywood Shuffle (ie, being cast and then asked by the white director/producer and whoever else "can you be more.... black?!")
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