Under the Influence of Celebrity

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“HOLLYWOOD is out of touch with mainstream America.”

I love saying that. Especially when I’m midriff deep in the plain-folk American things I do every day: eating apple pies baked in the shape of individual states, shopping for the brand of brake pad that reminds me most of Ronald Reagan, or taking a break from raising a barn just to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. And honestly, it’s never bugged me that it’s not entirely true.

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