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Germans, grease and guns.
Is there anything Charlton Heston can’t do? I will freely admit I’ve loved the star of a “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Camp” classic Ben Hur —arguably the finest of the entire Greased Up For Jesus genre— for many a year. I loved him when he was painting a ceiling, I loved him when …well, whenever else he did noble things while coated in baby oil, and now I’m discovering Chuck again as audibly chiseled narrator of everyone’s favorite Prussian, Immanuel Kant.
Wee!
During an ill-fated trip to Half-Price Books last night I ransacked the audiobooks section and came home with an entire collection of “Philosophers on Tape.” I needed something to listen to in the car since KMFA has been a little Vivaldi-heavy as of late (every morning for the past week!) and I thought this would fit the bill. Now I’m schooled on the Age of Enlightenment by the dulcet tones of the nation’s favorite sea-parter.
Although, I still can’t help but hope he’ll shout out “Reeeaason! True Enlightenment is Reeeaason!”
The narrator, in more lubricated times
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