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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: ARNOLD THE KILLER

By | January 2004

I’m not one to defend mainstream Hollywood, but I will defend a person’s right to make art. I will also stand up against stupidity whenever it rears its inbred head. The only way to fight it is through logic, humiliation and humor, and those are my tools…

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