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Donald Trump might have taken his recent charge that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country” right out of the Strangelove screenplay, with only modest emendation needed.

Despite these emendations, this “Seagull” remains surprisingly faithful to the spirit, if not the letter, of Chekhov’s original.

Between narrative passages, we can see editorial notes for future emendations, e.g.

Our scripts are just filled with that same sort of crossing out and emendations that Hemingway did.

“In conversation, those uneasy eyes upon you, those lips ready with an emendation before you have begun to speak, are a powerful deterrent to unreality, even to hope.”