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Anecdotes that probably aren’t true, but should be

I heard online from a person who claimed to know the actor Ruben Blades who used to go drinking with Raul Julia in NYC in the 60s. Yes, I realize exactly how tenuous that sort of provenance is, but the anecdote joins the many that I’ve gathered over the years- stories that have no real evidence, but are plausible, and most important- awesome.

In any case, the anecdote:
Raul and Ruben were in a bar watching the moon landing. When Armstrong says, “This is one small step for a man, and one giant leap for mankind,” Raul leaps up on a table, and shouts out: “That’s it? That’s the best he can do? If I were there, I’d say, ‘I’m Raul Julia from Puerto Rico and I’m standing on the fucking moon!”

I can hear that in Julia’s voice. True or not, it might as well be true.

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