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"I know everyone is against us."

Angustia (Bigas Luna, 1987)

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The variety of New York's Prohibition-era drinking spots was mind-boggling. The most prolific form, however, was the speakeasy. Likely derived from the "speak-softly shops" of nineteenth-century England, where smuggled, untaxed liquor could be bought cheaply, the term "speakeasy" served in New York as a catch-all phrase for illegal bars ranging from cellar dives peddling twenty-five-cent beers or fifty-cent glasses of "smoke," to fancy townhouses in midtown outfitted with multiple bars, dining areas, game rooms, and live entertainment. Speakeasies could easily be hidden in storefronts, office buildings, or apartment houses.      —Michael Lerner, Dry Manhattan (Harvard Univ. Press 2007)

Above, a speakeasy on 24th Street in 1932.

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GODZILLA PROMO HAT - 1998

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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) Bob Rafelson

February 15th 2025

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Michael Lerner + John Turturro in Barton Fink (1991)