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says: 'Let's have a drink'. There is even a dose of anti-Semitism thrown in. The whole thing was blasphemous, obscene and thoroughly nasty. If we had shown it we would have had the RSL marching on us and not without justice. We would have appealed against the censor's ruling if we had thought the play was worth it. We didn't.
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here, I'll donate the fee to the
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