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But serial monogamy has a big downside not shared by polygamy: Lots of kids get reared either without fathers or with stepfathers, who often lack the Darwinian devotion of a biological father--and who may even be downright hostile.
"A lazy, ham actor shows up to explain to poor Ed the secrets of Lee Strasberg's "Method"--how to be "private in public"--just like on Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio !" It turned out that this wasn't Dennis Hopper, however, but Dennis Hopper in the role of Ed's long-lost father--and few things can dispel the illusion of watching real people than a hack actor feigning naturalness via mannerisms recycled from James Dean and Montgomery Clift.