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Why Joel Wachs let his life as a closeted gay politician be fictionalized in ‘Licorice Pizza’

As president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Joel Wachs often receives messages regarding the licensing of the iconic pop artist’s name and image. So when director Paul Thomas Anderson reached out, Wachs assumed Warhol was being featured in a new movie. “No, no. It’s you I want …