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2007.11.03Divino
The world of Divino is a Fellini inspired escape into a magical circus wonderland...
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2007.11.03Miriam and the Monkfish
Sophie Kelly is perfect as the Liberal voting trophy wife who slowly unravels in front of us whilst cooking...
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2007.11.03Control
Control is a visually stunning film and marks Anton Corbijn's leap from music video director to film director...
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2007.08.02Snow Cake
This low-key film about a group of strangers brought together...
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2007.04.29Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
The opening scenes of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake are fairly tame...
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2007.04.29Lisa Miller, Morning in the Bowl of Night.
After many years of performing live and producing just as many albums, Lisa Miller's returns to the studio...
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2007.04.29Best of the Edinburgh Fest
In the Best of the Edinburgh Fest you do get quite a bit of comedy bang for your buck...
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2007.04.29Introducing Beau Heartbreaker
Over the PA, in this 30 seater venue, a woman's voice introduces Beau Heartbreaker...
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2007.04.21The Receipt
The Receipt is a festival gem... it will make you chortle with recognition...
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2007.04.21Gerard McCulloch
The warm up music was excellent. That may seem unimportant, but for stand-ups it can be crucial...
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2007.04.21Ed Byrne 2007
I first saw Ed Byrne in New Zealand about 10 years ago (yes, children, I'm old...).
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2007.04.21Poker in the Face
After some minor confusion about a ticket I was seated at the poker table for Poker in the Face...
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2007.04.21Christina Davis in Sex
I arrived at Christina Davis in Sex not remembering much about the first Big Brother...
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2007.04.21One Man Star Wars
I was getting a bit anxious trying to escape from work in time so I could ride to the One Man Star Wars gig...
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2007.04.16The Opera Burlesque
Based on the exciting tradition of Covent Garden singers who used to perform racy...
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2007.04.16Faulty Towers the Dining Experience
The scene was set for one of the most fun and unusual dinners I've been to in quite a while...
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2007.04.16Alison Bice - The Wizard of Bice
Alison Bice's first comedy festival show(The Wizard of Bice) takes us into the mind of a young...
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2007.04.16Mayhem in Milan
The central characters are egotistical and vapid, absurdly parodied stereotypes...
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2007.04.16The Needle and the Damage Done
Everyone has the odd record in their collection that makes you wonder why they ever bought it...
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2007.04.16Kim Hope - Rollercoaster
Kim Hope put on an energetic show to a small group of punters...
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2007.04.16Geraldine Quinn - Sexdeathbowie
Ms Quinn is a star performer and fills up the room with her amazing voice...
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2007.04.12The Glass Boat
An absurdist comedy play, done by 3 indie kids - with surprises.
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2007.04.11The Caravan of Love.
The show is narrated by an old woman who during her youth in a village in isolated Snowmanlandia...
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2007.04.11Men of Steel on holiday
Doesn't a show featuring familiar household items as puppets sound like a riot?
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2007.04.11MFTCC - Home Improvements
It has been five years since My Friend the Chocolate Cake have released a new album...
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2007.04.10Strangelove the musical
The Peter Sellers 1964 satire of the cold war comes back to life perhaps improved in this...
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2007.04.04Herbst Posters
Attention Please! is a selection from over 2000 posters donated by artist & teacher Gerard Herbst...
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2007.03.23Sam Simmons and the sex and science of boredom
So what do you do for a living?
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2007.03.23The Singer
Gérad Depadieu's nose stars in this delightful French film about a singer.
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2007.03.21La La Parlour - Tarnished
Four scantily clad women in retro corsets came darting through the big top tempting the audience...
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2007.03.05La Mirada (1-11 Mar 2007)
La Mirada, ACMI's season of Spanish films, kicks off with Victor Erice's classic Spirit of the Beehive...
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2007.02.26Lane way festival 07
The St Jeromes Lane way festival on Saturday night peaked with the Midnight Juggernauts...
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2007.01.31A weekend in the city - Bloc Party
The Bloc party have a new album out! Tired of the old album, I embraced the new with my enthusiasm.
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2006.11.02Chamisa 4C/Setting
A sold out season, great marketing, an interesting proposition, talented artists with track records...
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2006.11.02Peepshow - Marie Brassard
Robert Lepage. Two words that led me to this piece of pure pleasure.
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2006.11.02The 51st (dream) state
Sekou Sundiata - the Grammy nominated poet who writes for print, performance, music and theatre...
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2006.11.01Love Songs
Hailing from Holland and dedicated to the performance of contemporary music...
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2006.10.24I La Galigo - Robert Wilson
Watching an epic tale of ancient Indonesian gods:  sound like a good way to spend a Sunday afternoon?
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2006.10.24Tragedia Endogonidia
My highschool drama teacher would stare at us, his year 9 class, wearing his trademark all-black outfit...
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2006.10.24Insen - Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto
The piano is played by Ryuichi Sakamoto, and electronic things are done by Alva Noto.
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2006.10.23The Tulse Luper Suitcases
I had always thought that the reason I didn't quite 'get' Peter Greenaway was because...
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2006.10.23Structure and Sadness - Lucy Guerin Inc
It opened with a lone dance under a square light, moving with a single board of flexible wood.
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2006.10.20Camille - La Fille Du Cirque
She's unpredictable and sassy. She's quaffing red wine and lounging on audience members...
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2006.10.201984 - The Actors Gang.
I was expecting something special with 1984 by the Actors Gang.
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2006.10.16living on the edge of my bed
I'm coming down... after that psychedelic-filled roller coaster that was The Bedroom Philosopher.
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2006.10.15Trick - When I grow up.
Kids circus, bah! Sweaty, angst-ridden teen circus - hell yeah!
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2006.10.15The Town Bikes - MILK
Dairy-inspired theatre, it seems, is a rarity, even at the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
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2006.10.11I can't help myself
Dave Bushell's latest exhibit "I Can't Help Myself" is a blistering, silver-tongued, vivacious display...
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2006.10.10In the Beginning ... uhmmm ...
In In the Beginning ... uhmmm ... God wears a dirty white singlet and pyjama pants.
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2006.10.10Stephen K Amos
Steven K Amos is pro. No questions about it. This guy is good.
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2006.10.10Laurence Leung The Marvellous Misadventures of Puzzle Boy.
Oh how frustrating puzzles can be...
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2006.10.10Mel Sargent - Judgmental
Mel Sargent wins you over the minute she comes out on stage and I was all excited for a great show...
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2006.10.09Andrew McClelland's Mix Tape
High Fidelity has a small indearing section on how to make a mix tape...
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2006.10.09Scenes from our lounge room
A strange and surreal exploration of family life from The Ducks Guts...
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2006.10.05collapse by half
In each of the dancers block placements I could see a correlation with their dance moves...
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2006.10.04Vladimir the Crow
The lights went down and the music came up. And up. And up! Then Vladimir the haunted clown appeared
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2006.10.04Die Roten Punkte
'I AM FROM BERLIN. I AM IN A BAND. I AM FROM BERLIN. I AM IN A BAND'
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2006.10.04Comrade Consumer
Before accepting my invitation to see the show, my companion would accompany me on one condition...
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2006.10.01acrobat: smaller - poorer - cheaper
Featuring 'blood', sweat and 'jiggly bits' - acrobat is raw circus.
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2006.09.29PRISONER OF LOVE
I am always enamoured by theatre in small confined spaces, where there is that slight fear...
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2006.09.14Martin Martini & Bone Palace Orchestra.
Comparing an album to a live performance is not really fair...
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2006.05.02Levelland
Wayman Tisdale is a radio shock jock, a syndicated talk-show host...
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2006.05.02Raw Comedy Final 2006
The Raw Comedy Grand Final 2006, was better than I expected...
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2006.05.02Spymonkey's Cooped
UK group Spymonkey have taken the gothic thriller, taken the piss out of it...
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2006.04.21Jason Byrne - OUT OF THE BOX
Jason Byrne explodes out of his box and onto the stage attacking all those...
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2006.04.21Mark Watson
Welsh comedian Mark Watson is not Welsh...
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2006.04.21Freestyle Love Supreme
These women, with full bladders liked the FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME so much...
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2006.03.21Waiting for Guinness - Adelaide fringe.
Waiting for Guinness... an irish folk band? No, folk punk is only a small part of what they do.
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2006.03.19Adelaide Festival Snapshot
The Adelaide Festival happens every two years, and is well worth the wait.
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2006.02.28EDGE - The Story of Sylvia Plath
...After sitting through this play feeling uncomfortable I realised that I am a Plath purist...
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2006.02.23One Nite in Mongkok
It is the land of Hong Kong underground activity and the set for an action fest...
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2006.02.23The Dandy Warhols, Queen Vic.
The Dandies were going to play at Queen Victoria Markets... for free. What ... fuck?
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2006.02.23Ping Pong
Enter: The Hero! Quirky, crazy and humorous Japanese film making ...
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2006.02.23The Gotham Suite
The list of collaborators is astonishing - music by Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson...
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2006.02.23Felix listens/Gilgamesh
Felix listens to the world, and Gilgamesh are two shows brought to us by...
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2006.02.23Rite of Spring/Folding
Shen Wei Dance Arts have presented two stark contrasting pieces...
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2006.02.23The Night Season
Set amongst the lives of the chaotic, eccentric Kennedy household in Sligo, Ireland...
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2006.02.23The Renegades of Folk
Who covers electronic music with two voices, a xylophone, acoustic guitar and ...
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2006.02.23Bombay to Beijing by Bicycle
Bombay to Beijing by Bicycle is a simple but frenetic play written and performed by...
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2006.02.23MIAF Ryoji Ikeda
One could describe this as a fusion of sound and the moving image. Though one could...
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2006.02.23Brilliant Young Thing
Ever been at a gig, only to find that the talented lead is 7 years your junior?
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2006.02.23Bloody Mess
Forced Entertainment is an experimental theatre company from the UK. Bloody Mess...
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2006.02.23Somewhat Secret Society Show.
A jolly man with side burns(Andrew McClelland) combines with a bearded man (Lawrence Leung)...
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2006.02.23The Frog Prince.
The frog prince is a cute Melbourne Fringe Festival show.
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2006.02.23Brazil Fever
What will make you dance in your seat, and have you singing along with words you may not know?
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2006.02.23Choice
Amanda Lyn Pearson gives us Choice - four female characters, and their 'choices', for us to laugh at...
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2006.02.23Elvin Ho UnAustralian
I don't know if John Howard isn't a pedophile. I have never heard him say 'I am not a pedophile'...
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2006.02.23Wallace & Gromit - Curse of the...
For as long as I can remember, I've found animated plasticine to be pretty damn cool...
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2006.02.23Ju-on: The Grudge 2
The grudge returns in "The Grudge 2" for some more hapless victims ...
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2006.02.23Mr Oizo / Moustache (Half A Scissor)
Don't expect a symphony of melodic sound here. The cover suggests it aint...
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2006.02.23Yuva
Gangreen, politics, love, intertwining plots. Business, music...
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2006.02.23Various Artists / Megasoft Office 2005
Support unsigned artists and you just might get surprised...
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2006.02.23Brotherhood of War
Set during the Korean war and having blown the box office out of the water...
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2006.02.23Timo Maas / Pictures
Dark, ambient electronica with a slight pop twist...
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2006.02.23Spoonbill / Megafauna
An artist named after an Australian wetland bird. What is this all about...
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2006.02.23Ong Bak
Muay Thai Warrior - no computer graphics, no stunt doubles, no contest...
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2006.02.23Push barman to open old wounds.
I was dancing in my kitchen having a wonderful time. Push barman to open old wounds...
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2006.02.23Mountains in the Sky/ Celestial Son
Enter the world of Celestial Son, the debut album from Mountains in The Sky...
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2006.02.23Magnolia Electric Co / WCATB
It's always been said that at the end of a dark tunnel there is a light. If we follow this theory it...
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2006.02.23Party Monster
This is a very daring film. It will have you laughing out load at the overtly excessive...
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2006.02.23The Decemberists / Picaresque
I don’t normally listen to music with a dictionary opened up in front of me, but I had to...
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2006.02.23AC/DC Family Jewels
My bitch is a ball breaker, im all full of piss and i've been working all week just to pay...
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2006.02.23Wolfmother & Midnight Juggernauts
Wolfmother hit the Corner Hotel with Midnight Juggernauts for the first of...
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2006.02.23The Weeping Camel
Visually stunning The Weeping Camel is a quietly beautiful film. It gently brings the viewer...
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2006.02.23New Order / ...The Sirens' Call
There are bands, and then there is New Order. Their latest album Waiting For The Sirens'...
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2006.02.23Warhol's Time Capsules
Andy Warhol spent years documenting and cataloguing his daily existence, his...
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2006.02.23Garbage / Bleed Like Me
10 years on, and Garbage are back with their fourth studio album. Proof that they're not...
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2006.02.23Angry Mathematician
Fellow Australians....there is an angry young man performing at this year's Melbourne...
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2006.02.23QOTSA / Lullabies to Paralyze
I must admit I am a fan of previous qotsa endeavors, in saying this I can safely say, everything...
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2006.02.23Nothing
Ever felt like the world around you was just not worth living in? Ever felt like you might hate...
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2006.02.23Doves / Some Cities
Three years after the release of their last stuido ablum, Manchester trio Doves return...
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2006.02.23Smith Street Safeway
The attendants are glad to tell you they want to die, and gouge their eyes out with a knife...
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2006.02.23M83 / Before The Dawn Heals Us
The third album from French band M83 follows through with the layered wonderland...
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2006.02.23The Grates, Snap! Crakk!, YP's
The Tote, a rock institution in Melbourne provided the hard punching, ear damaging....
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2006.02.23Azumi
Sword slashing action at its spectacular best. Aya Ueto is Azumi, an assassin trained from...
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2006.02.23Outfoxed
A compelling insight into a media empire that is both shocking and manipulating. Judge for....
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