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American Heretic, the story of an understudy who steals the show from a Hollywood legend.
Julie Meyer dreams of becoming a successful actress but the closest she can get to the stage is to be an understudy for the star of a celebrated play based on the life of American heretic, Anne Hutchinson. Julie has to suffer her inferior status until a freak accident transforms her from a complete nobody into an overnight success. The story traces her journey from obscurity to paradoxical triumph as she is thrust from the shadows into the limelight. Drawing on the modern obsession with the cult of celebrity and the conflicting feelings of adulation and resentment that it provokes, this is the tale of one woman’s desperate attempt to be more than she is, only to discover her true self amidst the turmoil of a life turned upside down.

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