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		otwall 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The decline of the working musician They very much were; there is a reason why the vaudevillians were all poor immigrants and why much of the modern entertainment industry was established by entrepreneurs/conmen running away to California to escape Thomas Edison.

schwartzworld 10 months ago [–]

> there is a reason why the vaudevillians were all poor immigrants

Same reason so many pro athletes now are poor immigrants.

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