Dawn Powell? She made the jokes Dorothy Parker got credit for (Replay!)
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Dawn Powell? Dorothy Parker? Never heard of ‘em. We’re a few steps behind Rory and Lane on this double reference, which is why we gotta dig deep to get to the bottom of the controversy about who really wrote some funny jokes—and the original version of A Star Is Born—in the 1920s and ‘30s. Then we gotta figure out why Amy Sherman-Palladino named her production company after one of these ladies, all the weird ways their lives overlap, and, um, where their bodily remains went. And whether you decide you’re #TeamDawn or #TeamDorothy, stay tuned—we’ve got a bonus episode coming your way next week to supplement this discussion!Other pop culture we ref: Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Eden, Sid Vicious, Nancy Spungen, Jack Kerouac, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Earnest Hemingway, Harpo Marx, Robert Benchley, Calvin Coolidge, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Gore Vidal, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Eminem, Edgar Allan Poe, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Amy SchumerCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our new email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com)
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