Two small paddles, one gold and one charcoal, stand in a pot of sand against coral pink.

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Vicki Baum

What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English — SWELL and LOUSY.

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Our interpretation.

A teasing observation that you could manage in Hollywood with just two English words, one for good and one for bad. It jokes that the place runs on extreme, simple verdicts, so nuance or a large vocabulary hardly matters.

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