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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*'''Walter Winchell''' (62) - an American newspaper and radio [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Winchell commentator] who invented the gossip column at the ''New York Evening Graphic''. | |||
*'''Edgar Hoover''' (62) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Hoover J. Edgar Hoover], the founder of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation]. | |||
*'''Joe McCarthy''' (62) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_mccarthy Joseph McCarthy], a Republican Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 to 1957. McCarthy is known for making freewheeling accusations of membership in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist communist party] or of communist sympathies. He appointed Roy as chief counsel. | |||
==Commentary== | ==Commentary== | ||
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==Study Questions== | ==Study Questions== | ||
#According to Joe, why does Harper take Valium? | |||
#Why did Joe marry Harper? | |||
#Who does Roy list as his father-figures? | |||
#What kind of a relationship did Joe have with his father? | |||
#What does Roy reveal to Joe near the end of the scene? | |||
#Where are Louis and the man? | |||
#Why can't they go to the man's place? | |||
#Why do they stop having sex? | |||
#What does Louis say to make the man slap him? | |||
==External Resources== | ==External Resources== | ||
*[http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/feature/id/1735509 Kushner Hollywood.com Interview] | |||
==Works Cited== | |||
*Kushner, Tony. ''Angels in America''. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1995. | |||
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[[Angels in America | In Vitro Act 2 Scene 5]] | |||
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