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in 1992 that "The "desire" that carries forward this "interiorized, moralized" oedipal narrative...is Jack's "innocent and dirty" desire-sung as "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face" to become a histrionic, vaudeville performer". The "innocent and dirty" quote was derived from the writings of
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describes them as "These first words of feature movie speech, a kind of per-formative, announce-you ain't heard nothing yet-the birth of sound movies and the death of silent film". Rogin wrote in the journal
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is often credited as a lyricist; it was common for popular performers to take a cut of the popularity of a song by being listed as a lyricist. The song is about the love that a father has for his son.
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