This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location. read about Berthas adventures and enjoy it as I did. She records conversations from Bertha told her story to Dr. Ben L. Reitman, who wrote the introduction. The New York Review Of Books. Back in the days when there were Drive-in movie theaters, after the main show, you needed filler for the 2nd or even 3rd feature. [45], Thompson withdrew from the 1912 championship. The first was Bloody Mama (1970), and both were set in the 1930s. Corman chose Arkansas because many rural areas in the state could still pass for the Depression-era South. Contents. How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime. "Boxcar Bertha" is set in the 1930s. <p>Hobo jungles, bughouses, whorehouses, Chicago's Main Stem, IWW meeting halls, skid rows, and open freight carsthese were the haunts of the free thinking and free loving Bertha Thompson. Barbara Hershey (Barbara Lynn Herzstein) was born on 5 February, 1948 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, is an Actress. Boxcar Bertha remains, at heart, a low-budget Corman filma fine thing to be, but not the sort of film Scorsese would soon be known for making. Bertha still feels real to me, because I got to feeling her strong living as I read. Uploaded 2016-12-10, downloaded 3138x. Major support provided through a partnership with the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. The preservation of these tapes was funded by a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. Nabat series that debuted with Jack Black's You Can't Win. : And speaking of old movies, Reitman isn't much physical description, so I'd advise watching some period cinema on YouTube before reading to better imagine the scenery. house in Aberdeen and went to Little Rock to a co-operative colony of thirty-five Bertha is a plainspoken narrator with immense curiosity, a terrific sense of adventure, and deep roots in the social justice moments in the first half of the 20th century, involving herself mostly in women's . 2:30. Corman, Roger, with Jim Jerome. This time the result was decided by matches rather than holes, Ireland winning 52. Hoy traigo la resea de Boxcar Bertha, de Ben Reitman, novela que me ha flipado y que, cuando supe de ella, me costaba entender cmo no la haba ledo antes. "[9] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "What is most impressive about Boxcar Bertha is how 28-year old director Martin Scorsese, in his first Hollywood venture, has managed to shape such familiar material into a viable film. Interiors and street scenes for Bertha were shot around Camden (Ouachita County). "Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, . For additional information: Wales played in the Home Internationals for the first time. He hustled funds I couldn't have syphilis! There was never a real Bertha Thompson. Dr. Ben Reitman (1880-1942)--hobo, whorehouse physician, anarchist agitator, and tour manager/lover of Emma Goldman, was a mighty interesting character in his own right. You Can't Win by Jack Black TP $16.00, 1-902593-02-2 o CUSA, Discover more of the authors books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more. Before they can leave, Von appears, wipes out all henchmen and releases Bertha from the bondage. Something went wrong. Scorsese's first . It finds its inspiration in the exploits of Boxcar Bertha Thompson, an outlaw folk hero who operated in Arkansas during the Depression. I beleive this book would appeal more to the student of sociology than an historian. She was a regular player for England in international matches between 1899 and 1911, only missing the 1910 Women's Home . it like there was nothing or nobody that could shock her. I totally got lost into Bertha's world. Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz. We really had characters down but one tends to not see all that, because you end up seeing all the blood and sex. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2016, an extrodinary look into life in america during the early part of the 19th century seen through the eyes of a feminist activist and woman of the road. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. J. Lee Thompson. Despite the fact that the book is billed as an autobiography and reads as one up until the last page of the story? The female "You Can't Win," sort of. Based on Sister of the Road, the 1937 autobiography of Bertha Thompson, co-authored with Dr. Ben Reitman, the Boxcar Bertha screenplay was adapted by Joyce H. and John William Corrington and then rewritten by Scorsese (uncredited). one of Emma Goldmans lovers, in prison for dissemination of information on The locomotive is now operational at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. [28][29] On the third day she beat two international players, Evelyn Morant, 4&3, and Violet Tynte, 5&4. It gives a good idea of what it is like to be a female traveling around the country as a hobo, train-hopper, or as the title states sister of the road. It saw the inaugural Women's Home Internationals, teams competing for the Miller challenge trophy. Thompson lost both her matches in the Home Internationals, to Dorothy Campbell and May Hezlet, England again finishing runners-up to Scotland. Publisher The Great Depression hits, and she soon takes to freighthopping. [14] Thompson met Florence Hezlet in the third round. [4], Hershey later called the film "a lot of fun even though it's terribly crippled by Roger Corman and the violence and sex. instead. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2008. Online at https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jul/01/scorseses-arkansas-roots-boxcar-bertha-at-50/ (accessed July 1, 2022). Opening Statement: The following events are adapted from the true experiences of Boxcar Bertha Thompson, as related in the book "Sister of the Road". (1880-1942)--hobo, whorehouse physician, anarchist agitator, and tour manager/lover of Emma Goldman, was a mighty interesting character in his own right. Boxcar Bertha, the story of a jailbait vagrant and her Bonnie Parker-like crime spree, has less to work with but comes out on top anyway. Worker-run. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. It supposedly tells a "true story" but I doubt we can be expected to believe every word of it. The first (and as of 2006 the only . This is second title in the new (and best-selling!) Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Thompson's capacity for taking pleasure in her experiences is as striking as the enormous range of her sympathy.--Luc Sant. "Now You See", Last edited on 26 September 2022, at 20:07, "The Screen: 'Boxcar Bertha' Tops Local Double Bill", "Barbara Hershey Drops Her Hippie Past and a Name, Seagull, and Her Career Finds Wings". (one of them says, mysteriously, "lesbians are god's stepchildren." As I understand it, it was sold as a memoir, but later revealed to be fiction. She married Norbert Houser of Pittsburgh some time between 1919-1920 after Norbert had returned home from serving in the U.S. Army at the end of World War I. lcula estatunidenca dirigida per Martin Scorsese, estrenada el 1972. Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2021, It was very well written and I learned some things I had never heard of before, Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2020. This is a very fun read. This is the poster for Martin Scorsese's 1972 exploitation film "Boxcar Bertha," which stars Barbara Hershey (right), David Carradine (center) and Bernie Casey (left). I would even more strongly recommend the biography of Ben Reitman 'The Damndest Radical: The Life and World of Ben Reitman, Chicago's Celebrated Social . West, North Hollywood, CA 91604, 800-735-0230 x 263, fax 818-506-1084, info AT pacificaradioarchives.org, http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org. I believed everything written. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. My copy (from 1937) has an appendix with statistics and anecdotal information about homelessness and "radicals" in the 1930s. A lot of what is written about most hobos is exaggerated these days. [21][22] In the championship, Thompson reached the fourth round where she beat Lottie Dod 4&2. Boxcar Bertha Movie (1972) - David Carradine. her narrative is cauliflower-eared by the brutal truth.--Time, Thompson's capacity for taking pleasure in her experiences is as striking as the enormous range of her sympathy.--Luc Sant, New York Review Of Books. [18][19][20], The 1905 Womens Amateur Championship was held at Royal Cromer. situation, knowing its time to move on. : Nabat books is a series dedicated to reprinting forgotten memoirs by various misfits, outsiders, and rebels. 1996-2022, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. An orphaned farm girl (Barbara Hershey finds romance and adventure fighting the railroad with union organizer Big Bill Shelley (David Carradine). (134) 6.0 1 h 28 min 1972. During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad. --Luc Sant , New York Review Of Books. I am thirty years old as I write this, and have been a I am not sure whether she was called "Boxcar" because of the way she was built or because of where she liked to spend her evenings, but I can report . Donations made to the CALS Foundation are tax-deductible for United States federal income tax purposes. i would have given it four stars but i was turned off by all the homophobia! , Paperback The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. He is best remembered today as one of radical Emma Goldman's lovers.. Reitman was a flamboyant, eccentric character. "Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, . The editing is weird and jarring, the tone is strange and the shootout . Technically it qualifies as a novel, but is a sociological study as well as Boxcar Bertha is a fictional character, an amalgam of probably three women early 20th Century radicals. Please try your request again later. Uploaded by Morris, Mary, ed. The Portland Alliance Share to Twitter. gynecologist, writer, anarchist agitator and birth control activist. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. But Bertha tells Released June 14th, 1972, 'Boxcar Bertha' stars Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a user score of 59 (out of . kitchens in Chicago, union meetings in Florida and back to Chicago whorehouses. Train sequences and other exteriors . This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers. She never whines Another raging slab of real American history you're not likely to find in the textbooks. Director. LoBrutto, Vincent. She reached the quarter-finals in 1900, 1909 and 1911. Ben got me. To us it may seem she had a hard, dangerous, exciting life. It merely depresses. [16][17] Thompson struggled in the early rounds of the championship, winning her opening two matches at the 21st and 20th holes. During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad. Ha estat doblada al catal. Just another piece of far-left propaganda from the early 20th century. I respect their tenacity, knowledge, and intelligence. Ruth Kovacs, rather have the truth than fiction. Rent and save from the world's largest eBookstore. Boxcar Bertha is a 1972 American romantic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Roger Corman, from a screenplay by Joyce H. Corrington and John William Corrington,[1] Made on a low budget, the film is loose adaptation of Sister of the Road, a pseudo-autobiographical account of the fictional character Bertha Thompson. Subtitles Boxcar Bertha - subtitles english. Thompson won her two matches, beating Madge Maitland and Maud Stewart. While some may have problems with Bertha's politics and promiscuity, she lives and learns and loves life honestly any way she finds it, and the author must have been in love. Von leads Bertha to the hiding place where she has a moment of sweet reunion with Bill before Sartoris's henchmen break in and crucify Bill. Martin Scorsese. The match was level after 10 holes but Thompson hurt her thumb and lost the match 4&3. Thompson, representing the Scarborough club, beat Mrs. Hezlet, the mother of the famous sisters, 8&6 in the first round. Emma Goldman conveys a sense of this when she describes first meeting Reitman in her autobiography, Living My Life: His eyes were brown, large, and dreamy. During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad. Another raging slab of real American history you're not likely to find in the textbooks. or complains and is quick to see humor in most situations. Boxcar Bertha Thompson, a poor southern girl, is orphaned when her father's crop dusting airplane crashes. Barry Pateman is the curator of the Emma Goldman Archive at the University of California Berkeley and wrote the introduction to AK Press' Chomsky on Anarchism. [53] John Walker died in March 1952, while Bertha died in December 1953.[54][55]. Bloody, action packed, bank robbing female hobo during the Great Depression? Summaries. After the success of Bloody Mama, Roger Corman wanted to make another female gangster film. Please try again. Based on the book SISTER OF THE ROAD by "Boxcar" Bertha Thompson and Ben L. Reitman, Scorsese's film is an entertaining romp through an exciting chapter in American history. The Nabat Series offers a little something to set against the crushed hopes, banal lives, and commodification of everything. Warner Bros. Sequel to Cotton Comes to Harlem. it tells the combined story of multiple different women hobos during the early part of the last century. Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations. : Found out that there's a movie loosely based on the book that came out in 1972 (two stars). The book describes socialist camps, boarding houses, prostitution, and social change. families. Remembering Arkansas Movie Mayhem. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, April 21, 2013, p. 3H. fifteen hard years as a Sister of the Road, what Bertha Siskel, Gene (July 20, 1972). : If you can, provide 1-2 sources of information backing up this correction. [34] In 1908 the championship was played on the Old Course at St Andrews. : Lybarger, Dan. Nabat series that debuted with Jack Black's You Can't Win. As in 1899, Thompson played Rhona Adair, but this time she won her match. Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app. Learn more. [24] She met Winifred Brown in the semi-finals, winning 2&1. Boxcar Bertha - Wikipedia ~Boxcar Bertha is a low budget 1972 American romantic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068309/ (accessed April 6, 2022). Nabat books is a series dedicated to reprinting forgotten memoirs by various misfits, outsiders, and rebels. We get the feeling we're inhabiting the dark night of a soul. Martin Scorsese's second feature loosely adapts the autobiography of Bertha Thompson, portraying the adventures of the Depression-era criminal following the death of her father. Questions, comments, suggestions for this site contact the webperson Age, Biography and Wiki. Preservation services provided by George Blood Audio and Video. , Language Encyclopedia of Arkansas I could not live like this but I have some Aunts that could. She wanted to see how they lived, live as they did, know what they were like. For more information, contact 501-918-3025 orcalsfoundation@cals.org. 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man 'Big' Bill Shelly and the two team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment. It's also part of a series being published by AK Press with lots of other really good books in it. [47][48], Thompson was born in October 1876 in Terrington, Yorkshire, the daughter of George Arthur Thompson and his wife Dora ne Cayley. "her narrative is cauliflower-eared by the brutal truth." 3rd sequel to Planet of the Apes. Delivery cost, delivery date and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. , ISBN-13 an effortless read for a nice spring open road. Youll have to decide for yourself It's not so much that I think true stories are somehow better than Read full review, Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. She is the daughter of Fred Bender and Augusta Bendig. Based on "Sister of the Road," the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30's meets up with rabble-rousing union man 'Big' Bill Shelly and they team up to fight the corrupt railroad . "The ladies' championship tournament at Gullane", "International (ladies') match: England v Ireland", "Ladies' international match at Portrush", "Marriage of Mr. J. Walker & Miss Bertha Thompson", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertha_Thompson&oldid=1103095911, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 8 August 2022, at 09:15. All Rights Reserved. : Boxcar Bertha is a bit rough to get through, there were a couple of cool characters, but the narrative is too slow, and it feels like it's not going anywhere. Rather than direct the film himself, Corman served as producer and hired a relatively unknown young director, Martin Scorsese, who had impressed Corman with his first feature film, Whos That Knocking on My Door (1967), also titled I Call First. . every other group of weirdoes is treated with love except for the gays--every chance the "author", or her friends, has to bash gay people, they do. [2] The 1898 championship was held at Great Yarmouth & Caister. I've lived through everything. : Special thanks to the Department of Arkansas Heritage. for their difficulties. It was not a big adjustment. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. Des d'aquest incident, viatja en . 72201. On Hobos and Homelessness. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Please contact the Pacifica Radio Archives if you wish to use any portion of this recording in any published work or performance. Teaser Trailer. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. He was given the lead actors, including Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, and Barry Primus, and a shooting schedule of 24 days in Arkansas. I think is the background of movements like hippies and other countercultural movements in USA. The Nabat Series offers a little something to set against the crushed hopes, banal lives, and commodification of everything. Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app. Martin Scorsese: A Biography. . says Boxcar Bertha, daughter of Mother Nor should we. Boxcar Bertha Trailer - Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey, John Carradine, Victor Argo. Major funding provided by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. (review originally written for bookslut) I am one of those people who always wants to know whether a movie, book, or story is true. I can so relate to her desire to educate herself about real life. Comedy. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Perhaps from the 1937 perspective the conclusions have some I think is the background of movements like hippies and other countercultural movements in USA, Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2014. I would even more strongly recommend the biography of Ben Reitman 'The Damndest Radical: The Life and World of Ben Reitman, Chicago's Celebrated Social . Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Even without visuals the boxcar rides are thrilling, the crime is horrifying, the poverty is heartbreaking, and the injustices are appalling. Another raging slab of real American history you're not likely to find in the textbooks. Ben Reitman presents Sister of the Road; The Autobiogra-phy of Boxcar Bertha as if it were to be believed. boxcars, around the campfire, Greenwich Village in New York, hotels and soup R. 1972. Please try again. The hobo's culture is a very interesting topic. Thompson was three up after five holes, but Stuart won the next three holes. She has pretty much seen it all, even if she hasn't done it. Some of these items ship sooner than the others. An international match between England and Ireland was played before the Womens Amateur Championship. Boxcar Bertha THOMPSON Bertha (nee Ross)Passed away 11th February 2013. 6.0 (9,705) 61. lcula estatunidenca dirigida per Martin Scorsese, estrenada el 1972. Please try your request again later. [41][42] In 1911 Wales were unable to raise a team for the internationals at Royal Portrush. This, he asserts, takes nothing away from the book as far as were concerned. It doesnt?! Boxcar Bertha (1972) was the secondexploitation film shot in Arkansas by B-movie director Roger Corman. The main character is an unconvincing personality who takes to the hobo lifestyle to experience everything she can of the world. I am from Britt, Iowa where the annual Hobo Days are held every year and as a child I saw Boxcar Bertha, at the time I thought she was really cool but after reading the book I was really disappointed. at website@ThePortlandAlliance.org, Last Updated: The first time you log in to our catalog you will need to create an account. Argument. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. In the final she met Alice Kennion. Even though I expected Boxcar Bertha to be more of a badass, I admire that she took it upon herself to experience as much as possible for the sake of learning about the human condition. Scorsese makes a cameo in the film as one of Bertha's clients during the brothel montage. Martin Scorsese was hired to direct on the strength of his first feature. 2023 Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Thompson's capacity for taking pleasure in her experiences is as striking as the enormous range of her sympathy. Some of the oral histories recorded by Bertha read as if they were taken from real people Reitman met in his hobo days. : Read our Privacy Policy. [40], Thompson was selected for the home internationals in 1910, but withdrew, and then lost at an early stage in the championship. Writers. But between the actors and Marty Scorsese the director, we had a lot of fun. . Hobo jungles, bughouses, whorehouses, Chicago's Main Stem, IWW meeting halls, skid rows, and open freight carsthese were the haunts of the free thinking and free loving Bertha Thompson. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. I'm Box Car Bertha! Know that this autobiography is a total fabrication. validity, but knowing what we have seen since, we cant describe it as Iowa where the annual Hobo Days are held every year and as a child I saw Boxcar Bertha, at the time I thought she was really cool but after reading the book I was really . One should suspect Bertha is not real as she manages Thompson's capacity for taking pleasure in her experiences is as striking as the enormous range of her sympathy. Boxcar Bertha. Reitman (1879-1942) has a background as hobo, After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Pre-European Exploration, Prehistory through 1540, European Exploration and Settlement, 1541 through 1802, Louisiana Purchase through Early Statehood, 1803 through 1860, Civil War through Reconstruction, 1861 through 1874, Post-Reconstruction through the Gilded Age, 1875 through 1900, Early Twentieth Century, 1901 through 1940, World War II through the Faubus Era, 1941 through 1967, Divergent Prosperity and the Arc of Reform, 19682022, https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jul/01/scorseses-arkansas-roots-boxcar-bertha-at-50/, Divergent Prosperity and the Arc of Reform (19682022). Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. The locomotive in those scenes was 1920 Baldwin 2-6-2 #108, which later saw service on the Conway Scenic Railroad in the late 1970s. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. [11] The following day England beat Scotland, Thompson halving her match with Molly Graham. It's a window into a wildly under-appreciated dropout culture that gets left out of the stultifying fairytales that pass for history booksa much more rowdy and messily interesting tradition than the guardians of propriety, steeped in those other great American traditions of Puritanism and hypocrisy, let on. Boxcar Bertha is a 1972 American romantic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Roger Corman, from a screenplay by Joyce H. Corrington and John William Corrington, Made on a low budget, the film is loose adaptation of Sister of the Road, a pseudo-autobiographical account of the fictional character Bertha Thompson. Not really an autobiography, which is the clue given that it was written by someone else. Julie Corman researched female gangsters and came across the story of Boxcar Bertha. In rural Arkansas during the 1930s Depression, forthright sixteen-year-old farm girl Bertha Thompson watches as her father Jack plummets to his death while crop dusting. Now I will move on. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. , Item Weight Got the urge to ride the rails stronger than ever. [43][44] She reached the quarter-finals of the championship, losing to Violet Hezlet. Thsi one is gong on both my Fiction and Non-Fiction shelves. Be the first one to, Sister of the road : the autobiography of Boxcar Bertha / by Bertha Thompson; produced by the Unlearning To Not Speak Collective, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, http://pacificaradioarchives.org/american-women-making-history-and-culture-1963-1982, The American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Pues muy fcil, porque hasta que en 2014 la public Pepitas de Calabaza (con traduccin de Diego Luis Sanromn) no estaba en castellano. Like Steve Thompson or Philip K. Dick being forced to insert sex scenes into their pulp novels, there . This edition has a new afterword by Barry Pateman, curator of UC Berkeley's Emma Goldman Papers, which contains information on the background of the book, and of author Dr. Ben Reitman. Bertha was interested in people. 2:26. We dont share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we dont sell your information to others. Publisher Hobo jungles, bughouses, whorehouses, Chicago's Main Stem, IWW meeting halls, skid rows and open freight cars--these were the haunts of the free thinking and free loving Bertha Thompson. Even the locales Bertha visits are real (relief stations, hospitals, co-op colonies, transient camps, Hobo College, etc.). This book is a good read. Based on "Sister of the Road," the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30's meets up with rabble-rousing union man 'Big' Bill Shelly and they team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment. Next I will read about Boxcar Myrtle!! 20th Century Fox. NABAT finally makes it clear that his book is a work of fiction - based on true stories as told to or experienced by Dr Reitman. In the internationals she lost again to Dorothy Campbell and then to Blanche Duncan of Wales. The engine is currently at the Blacklands Railroad yard in Sulphur Springs, Texas, awaiting restoration. 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