🎭 Culture Oct 14, 2026 · Clellan Coe

Supposed to Be

The American Scholar
American Scholar magazine
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In 1990, I was in grad school still, with life still a virtually open road before me. That’s the year Stanley and Iris came out, a film about two people in difficult circumstances who meet, help each other, fall in love, and live happily ever after. Stanley is smart and talented, but he’s functionally illiterate, a condition he must hide to keep a job and avoid the ridicule of his fellows. He has withdrawn from people for fear they will discover his secret. Stanley is only in his 40s, but hardly

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