An actor's classroom punishment that led to Llewyn Davis

... downfall, and all the stars aligned. Llewyn is based loosely on Dave Van Ronk, an avuncular figure in the Greenwich Village folk scene, nicknamed "the mayor of MacDougal Street," who helped other musicians find bigger success than he ever did. (The ...

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