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Questo e Quello

tough guys

By La Cieca on February 07, 2009 at 11:55 PM

Peter Gelb‘s million-dollar salary and the wit and wisdom of George Steel (“Things are tough”) are among the axes ground in Sunday’s Tony Tommasini think piece. [NYT]

Topics: 192, man of steel, need you ask?, new york times, peter gelb is a fucking millionaire

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