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Frost/Nixon Quote?

Posted: 11/7/08 at 11:13pm

Does anyone have the script of Frost/Nixon?
I'm looking for the exact wording of a quote near the end of the play. The quote is about not knowing where show business ends and politics begins (and vice versa) and wondering if it was even right to separate the two.
Can anyone help? It's greatly appreciated!
"As we all should probably have learned by now, to be a Stephen Sondheim fan is to have one's heart broken at regular intervals" - Frank Rich

"I think it's appropriate: iSondheim - a Sondheim for the new generation! (wailing guitar riff) Get your kids hooked early on Sondheim, so they'll grow up to be just as emotionally stilted and self-conscious as we are! - BustopherPhantom

#2

re: Frost/Nixon Quote?

Posted: 11/8/08 at 5:16am

RESTON
Once, when I was in Europe researching a book, I was invited to one of his parties. I didn't know anyone. I didn't stay long. Walking through the crowds of air-kissing politicians, actors and high-fliers, it was tough to tell where the politics stopped and the showbiz started. Maybe that was the point. Maybe, in the end, there is no difference. And David understood that better than all of us.
Notes from the Earlham Street Gutter
#3

re: Frost/Nixon Quote?

Posted: 11/8/08 at 5:27pm

Thanks Weez! You are as fabulous as ever.
"As we all should probably have learned by now, to be a Stephen Sondheim fan is to have one's heart broken at regular intervals" - Frank Rich

"I think it's appropriate: iSondheim - a Sondheim for the new generation! (wailing guitar riff) Get your kids hooked early on Sondheim, so they'll grow up to be just as emotionally stilted and self-conscious as we are! - BustopherPhantom

#5

re: Frost/Nixon Quote?

Posted: 11/8/08 at 6:17pm

It is! I just saw it on Thursday at by my local professional theatre company and it was phenomenal. And earlier that day I had a political studies lecture on the close relationship of art and politics, where my professor said that if you wanted to understand politics and succeed in it then study drama. It was highly excellent and very fitting for the day I saw the play!
"As we all should probably have learned by now, to be a Stephen Sondheim fan is to have one's heart broken at regular intervals" - Frank Rich

"I think it's appropriate: iSondheim - a Sondheim for the new generation! (wailing guitar riff) Get your kids hooked early on Sondheim, so they'll grow up to be just as emotionally stilted and self-conscious as we are! - BustopherPhantom

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