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...featuring of these particular historical figures as stars in a musical may strike some audience members as odd-- and it would odd in a modern-day setting, withour instant-information pop-culture world whereHollywood stars are more adored than any pettyhuman interest hero. But at the turn of the lastcentury, people became celebrities for a varietyof reasons, not just because they starred inmulti-million dollar movies--the breadth and, yes,oddness of their respective accomplishments madethem famous and adored by (or at least mildlyinteresting to) the masses. Ragtime may bebased on E.L. Doctorow's 1975 work of fiction, butthe real...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oppression Gets Syncopation | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

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