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‘The Exorcist’ at the Geffen: No green vomit, but plenty of evil


URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/the_exorcist_at_the_geffen_no_green_vomit_but_plenty_of_evil_20120627

William Peter Blatty was a Georgetown University student in August 1949 when he came across a front-page story in the Washington Post titled “Priest Frees Mt. Rainier Boy Reported Held in Devil’s Grip.” Blatty, a devout Catholic, was fascinated by the accounts of the 14-year-old’s bed violently shaking and torrents of curses in Latin whenever the exorcist commanded the demon to leave the boy.

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