David Rosenthal: belief

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…You're already seeing a massive departure in the psychological makeup of Warren and Charlie here where that was never a thing Warren cared about. It was like, how much money will I have on the scoreboard when I die, and I'm sure no matter where I live, that'll get compared to everyone else. For Charlie it was, where can I be a man about town? That town should be big enough to be worth being a man about town. It's also funny to me that at this point, LA for him is something that he views as, oh, it's not too big yet. I mean, right after World War II, obviously it was a big town and Hollywood had always been there. I think California, particularly Southern California, experienced a huge population boom after World War II, which Charlie was a part of. Very tragically, after moving to LA, he had gotten married—I think right after the war when he started at Harvard. Tragically both his marriage is falling apart when he gets to LA, and much more tragically, his son Teddy is diagnosed with leukemia. In those days, there was no effective treatment for leukemia. Yeah, just tragic.…

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