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Tommy Carcetti

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16. Angels in America

Mon Apr 15, 2024, 03:30 PM

Apr 15

The play and TV Series by Tony Kushner has a dying Roy Cohn being tormented by the vision of Ethel Rosenberg, who he had helped convict and execute.

In the series, Rosenberg is played magnificently by Meryl Streep.

It's all fiction and wish fulfillment, but I still like to pretend that it actually happened.

"I came here to forgive, but all I can do is take pleasure in your misery. Knowing that I would get to see you die, more terribly than I did. And you are. Cause you're dying in shit, Roy. Defeated. And you could kill me... but you couldn't ever defeat me... you never won. And when you die, all anyone will say is, 'Better that he had never lived at all.'"

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This one thought keeps me from despair: [View all] no_hypocrisy Apr 15 OP

That's why I never wish him ill health. Bleacher Creature Apr 15 #1

Yes, not just for his chagrin, but for the object history lesson it will provide the ages. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 15 #3

I wouldn't mind if he disappeared entirely. CaptainTruth Apr 15 #5

Roy Cohn... I would never wish a death from AIDs on anyone... That said... hlthe2b Apr 15 #2

And Donald Trump, Cohn's protege... SergeStorms Apr 15 #8

Off topic but thank you. MuseRider Apr 15 #15

I am so sorry your brother went through that. Younger folks can not imagine what it was like... hlthe2b Apr 15 #17

Thank you. MuseRider Apr 15 #18

It's the waiting that's the hardest part. n/t elocs Apr 15 #4

Kick. N/T Upthevibe Apr 15 #6

Oh yeah, that is reassuring PatSeg Apr 15 #7

My one thought is that, like Generalissimo Francisco Franco... surfered Apr 15 #9

"Limbaugh is still critically dead." Dave Bowman Apr 15 #10

What does 'TSF' stand for?? WestCoastDem42 Apr 15 #11

The Sick F*ck no_hypocrisy Apr 15 #14

He's already been disgraced and it's going to get worse... MiHale Apr 15 #12

No energy old man drumph Tribetime Apr 15 #13

Angels in America Tommy Carcetti Apr 15 #16

Thanks for the hope! UTUSN Apr 15 #19