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The Stagecraft of Life.

The Stagecraft of Life.

Edition 28: LA's Eastside, John Waters and the Danger of Romanticization.

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Helen Walsh
Apr 22, 2024
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Eastside Los Angeles.

Last month I spent a very happy week in LA, staying for the first time east of the Los Angeles River and downtown, in a community called Montecito Heights. Overlooking the mountains, the apartment offered stunning sunsets:

The area was home to the Gabrielino Indians for more than two thousand years, then controlled by the Spanish in …

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