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Julia Hecht on the revolutionary genius of Andy Kaufman. “I realized that all my life I’d been laughed at, and I used to not like it, and that’s why I was so unhappy. So I started using it.”
Julie Hecht
Julie Hecht is the author of “Do the Windows Open?,” “Happy Trails to You,” “The Unprofessionals,” and “Was this Man a Genius?: Talks with Andy Kaufman.” She is currently writing her next book, “Every Single Thing.”
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