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...more the real performer than Chaplin's tramp or Jack Benny's miser. Still it does contain grains of truth, along with lecithin, gum arabic and .2% sodium benzoate to retard spoilage. Like all great comedians, Allen consumes his roots, and very often the public schleprechaun blurs into the private comic who would rather talk about anything but himself. As he admits, even his most outrageous gags are a form of autobiography, a reflection in the amusement-park mirror he calls a mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woody Allen: Rabbit Running | 7/3/1972 | See Source »

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