FAMOUS QUOTE AND PLAY TITLE:
“What Price Glory?”
The famous play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings
The title of this World War I drama is taken from a line in the play: “And since six o’clock there’s been a wounded sniper in the tree by that orchard angle crying ‘Kamerad! Kamerad!’ Just like a big crippled whippoorwill. What price glory now?” The classic 1952 movie version starred James Cagney as Capt. Flagg. |
RECENT POLITICAL VARIATION:
“What price victory?”
Cover headline on The Week magazine, April 2, 2010
Referring to the passage of the Democrats’ health care bill |
CELEBRITY FAME VERSION:
“What Price Fame?”
Cover of OK! magazine, January 11, 2009
Referring to the ups and downs of Britney Spears |
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CELEBRITY FACE VERSION: “What Price Beauty?”
From the headline of a 2009 article by Hugh Wilson on MSN about plastic surgery addicts like socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein. She spent $4 million on plastic surgery and ended up with this disfigured face. |
