TALENT, ETC. by John Simon

What exactly does talent involve? I know what it doesn't involve. I fully subscribe to the declaration of the autobiographical hero of Anatole France's Le Lys rouge (The Scarlet Lily): "I am not so deprived of all talent as to occupy myself with politics."What precisely is American politics about? Does it involve talent? I submit that politics hereabouts is a spectator sport, a form of gamesmanship. You root for a ca…

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