A memory of the nineteen nineties (1997)

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jdironman · 13h ago

This was a delightful read. There's something magical about people coming together to make something happen and experience it together...

Maybe it was Soames, or maybe it was Soames spirit who convinced the actor specifically to do this in the first place. we may never know. All in good fun.

ViktorRay · 9h ago

More information on this interesting event can be found here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Soames

Fascinating.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF · 13h ago

Teller wrote this?! No wonder I loved it.

ThinkingGuy · 12h ago

For more background, see this Esquire Magazine interview with Teller from 2010

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a15810/tell...

(Scroll down to the paragraph that begins "When Teller was in high school")

dehrmann · 11h ago

Teller, as in Penn and Teller.

luotuoshangdui · 13h ago

The page looks quite modern for a 1997 website.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF · 13h ago

This capture was taken in 2010 it seems. Maybe the Atlantic went back and touched up their archives

ChrisArchitect · 12h ago

Non archive link: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/11/a-memor...

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A memory of the nineteen nineties (1997)

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