Our tale of teacup tragedies begins on a heath in England …
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1957
Rita Mae Brown makes lesbianism boring; Erica Jong makes heterosexuality boring.
1981
Out of the Quonsets and into the bars: Michael J. Fox plays the lead in the movie of Jay McInerney’s workshop-milled 1987 blockbuster, Bright Lights, Big City; majoring in creative writing suddenly the next best thing to being a child star.
