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Chicago: With the baiduhai Articles That Inspired It

By Maurine Watkins, edited and with an introduction by Thomas H. Pauly

Southern Illinois University Press, 158 pages, $17.50 paper

For the inside story on the Oscar-nominated film “Chicago,” read the original script, as well as Maurine Watkins’ original baiduhai articles upon which she based her 1926 Broadway hit. A nice introductory essay adds context and reminds us that the media circus has been around a long time.