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Honoring    • Share:  Honing and Honoring It's 6:45 on a Monday
evening in Los Angeles, and while many Angelenos are arriving
home and unwinding after a day of work, at the intersection of
Santa Monica and Hayworth, the work is just beginning. There is
nothing particularly notable about this West Hollywood corner,
but as the clock inches toward 7, a small, lively group is
gathering here. Some polish off cigarettes; others grab snacks
at the 7-Eleven across the street. Some are busily discussing
the work at hand. These engaged, motivated individuals—mostly
young, many from other countries—are students at the Lee
Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.  Dedicated thespians have
gathered like this for decades, before class, on East 15th
Street in New York City, where the institute was founded, and
here in Los Angeles, where its West Coast branch opened shortly
thereafter. Styles have changed. Social behaviors have changed.
Wars and regimes and inventions