J. J. Peachum
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Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum is an entrepreneur and the antagonist of Threepenny. His business, The Beggar’s Friend, dresses up poor people as panhandlers and he takes a percentage of their earnings. Peachum is very concerned with the poor-- but only as far as he can make a
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