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The Past You Can’t Escape: Strained Camaraderie in Elaine May’s ‘Mikey and Nicky’
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The Past You Can’t Escape: Strained Camaraderie in Elaine May’s ‘Mikey and Nicky’

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Chadwick Jenkins
/ 19 March 2019

Childhood friends are tricky. They're the friends you leave behind but can never completely escape. Elaine May conveys this with disruptive technique in Mikey and Nicky.

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