"The Theatre is Necessary"

Sorry I've taken an extra long holidays/New Years break.  As I catch up to speed, I have some videos to share today, beginning with the footage of that Obama quote I posted last month, from his Kennedy Center Awards speech. 

Too bad the AP here snipped out the original Oliver Wendel Holmes quote the prez cites. For the record it's: "To many people the superfluous is necessary."  And yes, due to that split lip he got playing hoops, Obama has some trouble with Holme's eloquent verbiage.