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Burnside Gooch

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created August 9, 2023

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Would a boy who kiss everyone be a bussboy, buss-boy, or buss boy?

2/9/2025, 10:49:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My favorite.

2/9/2025, 9:29:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Facebook just suggested Carol Rosegg to me. I guess we accepted the spying factor many years ago.

2/9/2025, 9:29:28 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Airwreck in Airwrotica

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2/9/2025, 8:49:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Saying Hakeem Jeffries is a huge disappointment is the understatement of the year.

2/9/2025, 8:40:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Now they give us non-Equity Mrs. Doubtfire. Sometimes I look at the offerings and think they should have gone ahead and made it a dining hall.

2/9/2025, 8:17:08 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You saw it pre-Broadway in Boston, too, right?

2/9/2025, 7:54:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🤣

2/9/2025, 7:18:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He would have been brilliant.

2/9/2025, 6:56:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe he’s going to announce a Shuffle Along cast album.

2/9/2025, 6:02:46 PM | 28 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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I imagine JK made looking beautiful a priority.

2/9/2025, 4:36:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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She was the world’s best Kenneth Williams impersonator.

2/9/2025, 4:08:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Absolutely! Carol and Joan defined the next generation with Michael Le Poer Trench doing the British stuff in-between.

2/9/2025, 4:06:47 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Old” Maggie Smith was 51 when the movie was released. Are you going to turn into a 51-year-old? I’d certainly like to.

2/9/2025, 4:04:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If we’re working through Grand Hotel cast members, imagine Michael Jeter’s Mary.

2/9/2025, 4:01:14 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Martha Swope was THE defining image-maker for a generation.

2/9/2025, 4:00:21 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s the version where Mary’s autobiography has a blank page chronicling her marriage to Abraham Lincoln.

2/9/2025, 2:48:33 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Merman would say, “Abe, I’m doing Cabaret.” [Blackout]

2/9/2025, 2:47:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mame was never as successful replacing as Dolly was, but it’s a much harder role to cast.

2/9/2025, 2:30:21 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Imagine all the Dollys as Mary….

2/9/2025, 2:29:39 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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By the time Oh, Mary! closes they’re going to have Meryl Streep and Glenn Close sharing the role.

2/9/2025, 2:29:19 PM | 27 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have no streaming services because I’m not fancy.

2/9/2025, 2:24:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I haven’t seen this since maybe 1983 and really should rewatch.

2/9/2025, 2:02:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The 2:00 announcement is going to be a revival of his 1970 Broadway flop Paris Is Out!

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2/9/2025, 1:22:07 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Start dicking around and get to work!

2/9/2025, 11:55:17 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pound weight or pound action?

2/9/2025, 11:44:10 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Michael Bennett Gower Champion Bob Fosse Hal Prince Tommy Tune

2/9/2025, 10:56:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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❗️❗️❗️

2/9/2025, 10:32:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can’t participate because I’m already an old person. 😭

2/9/2025, 10:25:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Were you a big mix-tape guy?

1/9/2025, 9:05:30 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You mean Jack Gilford who, as Herr Shultz, was the original second-billed star of Cabaret?

1/9/2025, 9:04:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Shuffle? You’re a wild man!

1/9/2025, 8:47:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Are you playing your 8-tracks?

1/9/2025, 8:22:02 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Happy Birthday, Seth!

1/9/2025, 5:20:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The original production of South Pacific had more artwork than Mamma Mia! has had over twenty-five years internationally.

1/9/2025, 5:19:53 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Because of the rape, my parents said I was too young to see a local dinner theatre production. When we saw Kiley, part of a two-show weekend (my first) for my thirteenth birthday, my younger brother was the same age I had been when my parents said no. Of course, I called them in this.

1/9/2025, 5:13:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’ve seen the show a lot and think maybe I like the score more than the show itself which has its occasional longeurs. At least the ending is always dependably strong.

1/9/2025, 5:10:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stokes later said that the showy added key change was a mistake, seemingly as if he had triumphed instead of still striving to reach his goal.

1/9/2025, 4:56:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was not a fan of that production. Frankly, once you’ve seen Richard Kiley, everyone else is only everyone else.

1/9/2025, 4:55:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There used to be a website…? 🤷🏻‍♂️

1/9/2025, 4:53:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Right? Of course, the mind goes immediately to Chaz Bono, but Cher’s recording of the song was released about ten months before he was born. The kids will never understand how ubiquitous this song was at the time.

1/9/2025, 4:25:00 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Speaking of vowels, Cher sings chaste in The Impossible Dream with a short “a.”

1/9/2025, 4:14:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nathan and Faith gave “right” a sliiightly different note value.

1/9/2025, 3:51:54 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Alexis looks like Ruby Keeler’s neighbor from the retirement community.

1/9/2025, 1:52:47 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Despite Halloween season not beginning until midnight, I bought my first box of Count Chocula this morning and just had two bowls.

1/9/2025, 1:10:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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She’s there, and more than once despite there not being a number by the signature.

1/9/2025, 1:07:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m also bitter that my parents didn’t take me to JUDY’S concert on the Boston Common. I was only one, but it was probably my only chance to have seen her.

31/8/2025, 10:52:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nuts don’t belong in baked goods, but I’ll smile and be a good guest.

31/8/2025, 10:03:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Julie Jordan stayed with Billy Bigelow because when she tried to flag down help it was Rudy Giuliani, and she said, “Fuck no!”

31/8/2025, 9:24:29 PM | 24 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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That sounds fancy. Mine would be a Chiquita mix from the market. Hope you’re including lots of chocolate chips.

31/8/2025, 8:44:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Or… Bridget Loves Bernie, but “Bernie” is short for Bernadette.

31/8/2025, 8:41:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I believe “You suck!” was first uttered on stage in 1927 by the Backwoodsmen sitting through Cap’n Andy’s endless recap of The Parson’s Bride.

31/8/2025, 8:23:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If he’d sold the car to pay his debts, maybe this wouldn’t have happened.

31/8/2025, 7:52:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s a brilliant clip.

31/8/2025, 7:48:22 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bette cuts right through Livvie’s bullshit.

31/8/2025, 7:37:47 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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CBS has been a cowardly network since at least 1973 when they cancelled Bridget Loves Bernie.

31/8/2025, 7:09:24 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Titwillow”

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31/8/2025, 5:27:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yet, he did.

31/8/2025, 5:14:50 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Someone was having a loud phone conversation in a food place the other day so I joined in, asked how their friend was, told them to say I said hello from me, etc. The other customers stopped on their way out and said I was “hilarious.”

31/8/2025, 4:53:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is this Greenwillow?

31/8/2025, 4:40:15 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stealth London trip announcement.

31/8/2025, 4:38:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s all about the cute wave at the end. Give us more voice.

31/8/2025, 3:44:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have you spent the entire summer in Ptown? It looks like you’ve been having an amazing time!

31/8/2025, 3:18:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bacall looks like an angry alien having recently burst from someone’s chest.

31/8/2025, 1:10:35 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m going to start the entrance applause when Uncle Joe arrives at Trump’s funeral.

31/8/2025, 11:02:09 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sorry to hear that.

31/8/2025, 8:41:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wanted to see her in concert (with Jim Nabors), but my parents thought Ann Blyth in Show Boat was more age-appropriate. Why not both? Don’t make the same mistake.

31/8/2025, 8:39:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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OMG

30/8/2025, 11:50:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We were also jumping off from Patti LuPone roles. She didn’t do ITW because she thought herself Cinderella, and the creative team did not. Instead, she ended up doing a LORT production of Anything Goes.

30/8/2025, 11:50:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Chuck understands me.

30/8/2025, 11:46:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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RZ would be a better Baker’s Wife than the Oscar winner.

30/8/2025, 11:22:07 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well done! As soon as I lose sixty pounds and keep it off for a year, you need to take me shopping.

30/8/2025, 10:35:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Simply irresistible

30/8/2025, 10:29:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😳

30/8/2025, 10:29:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I imagine you went back for seconds. Probably thirds, too.

30/8/2025, 10:23:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Marthy

30/8/2025, 10:22:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How was the fettuccine carbonara?

30/8/2025, 10:04:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Serves you right for going Pumpkin before Labor Day. Wasn’t there a time when Pepperidge Farm was considered “fancy?”

30/8/2025, 9:12:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was expecting Terrence Mann.

30/8/2025, 6:59:18 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The kids who think her winning for The Rink was a surprise upset are sweet souls.

30/8/2025, 6:58:49 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Chita will have to be content with being merely Legendary.

30/8/2025, 6:58:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes

30/8/2025, 6:48:47 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Speaking of coming in third, when discussing Follies, it feels like people are unnecessarily dismissive of the importance of parking lots.

30/8/2025, 6:38:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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With Merman rounding out the leading actress nominees. They couldn’t find a nomination for Barbara Cook’s legendary Cunegonde, but they made it up to her the following year when she played the “Supporting or Featured” role of Marian.

30/8/2025, 6:36:08 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Exactly

30/8/2025, 6:25:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The voters knew she’d be doing many more Broadway roles giving them ample chance to reward her in the future. 😭

30/8/2025, 6:19:43 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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PS you’ve been doing the Tonys for four years now, and Julie Andrews still hasn’t received a Lifetime Achievement Award so what are you even doing there?

30/8/2025, 6:18:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes, but would they have won against Judy Holliday?

30/8/2025, 6:16:55 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I never knew Hazel did some plays. Was she ok on stage?

30/8/2025, 6:04:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Billy Porter’s done more performances than she did.

30/8/2025, 6:02:56 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The hardback Evita is fairly rare, no? Signed copies are listed at very high prices online. I have the yellow paperback version.

30/8/2025, 5:02:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We were coworkers who are still friends on Facebook. This was 1980. I’d never seen such carnage.

30/8/2025, 4:59:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was fourteen and in shock.

30/8/2025, 4:49:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You chose well.

30/8/2025, 4:04:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I learned early on that you can’t trust people with your books. A friend borrowed my Camelot and broke the binding making a copy for himself. 😡

30/8/2025, 4:04:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There’s that line in Into the Woods about being raised to be charming not sincere, but Vance is neither.

30/8/2025, 3:29:43 PM | 21 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Imagine if they’d had her mugger on the show.

30/8/2025, 3:10:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What if I were to propose with an Arlene Francis heart-shaped necklace? Was the original ever recovered?

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Our eyes met while showering….

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