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Mike and Dave are two Gen X Dads who grew up watching movies because there was nothing else to do. Tooky is a Millennial dad-in-training who grew up with the internet, and thus never needed to watch ROAD HOUSE on cable. Mike (a standup comedian) and Dave (an improviser and occasional academic) will present Tooky (comedian, social critic and dad-in-training) with a new (old) movie every week and answer the important questions: Are white people ok? When did Nic Cage become a whole thing?Are th ...
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You know the best part of the holiday season? Hanging out with your family! OK, maybe sometimes that's not the BEST part; families are tricky little communities of biologically-linked individuals, each carrying a boatload of what NPR's Linda Holmes evocatively named "little weirdsies". Family can be a tough hang, at this or any time of year. But wh…
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Dads love order. We like routine, a hierarchy, knowing where we stand at all times. The Mob provides the illusion of order. This movie reveals what a life of organized crime really entails: chaos, anxiety, terror, and senseless violence. This movie is an anti-Dad instructional video, and should be required viewing for all Dads. They should have it …
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Tooky's Digest: miniMAG — Intense. Short. Weekly.
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A second Digest episode! I was finally able to connect with my buddy Alex Prestia on his project miniMAG - check it out and submit some art/writing of your own!Guest Links:https://minimag.press/submissions open: minimagsubmissions@gmail.comhttps://x.com/miniMAG_litIrina's link, who is mentioned and her art is featured in the thumbnail: https://artw…
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Bruce Lee was - for a brief period - perhaps the most famous person in the world. He died in 1973 (at the far-too-young age of 32). Dads Mike and Dave were born in 1974, the first generation to live in a post-Bruce Lee world, and the last to have members who experienced Lee's fame and the kung fu mania that followed it firsthand. Someday-Dad Tooky …
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It's a TDM switcheroo - Mike & Tooky present Dad Dave with a movie that they have seen but he hasn't...until now! This movie has everything. Punching. Kicking. Chazz Palminteri punching and kicking. Vanity. William H. Macy for some reason. A knockoff Cyndi Lauper. And the only cinematic villain to approach Darth Vader in ultimate 80s badassery, Sho…
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Happy Thanksgiving! Dads love the Three Fs: family, feasting, and football. So we thought it might make for a nice opportunity to watch one of the most realistic and grounded sports films ever made. Just kidding. Calling this movie "batshit crazy" does a disservice to guano. Oliver Stone and an all-star cast go full cuckoo bananas in a movie that t…
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32: McCarthy's 16yo Muse — 'All the Pretty Horse Girls'
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Deep dive into the recent revelation that Cormac McCarthy had a romantic relationship with a 16yo while he was 42. Full Article: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/cormac-mccarthy-secret-muse-exclusiveAuthor Links: https://barneysrubble.substack.com/https://x.com/BarneysRubble0Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghtt…
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What's that you say? DIRTY DANCING is a Mom Movie? We are here to tell you that not only is it a Dad Movie, it is the DADDEST MOVIE. And if you disagree, you can go jump in a lake. With Patrick Swayze. And Jennifer Grey. Which sounds cold. But hella sexy. This movie rules and if you have kids and don't cry watching Jerry Orbach do Jerry Orbach thin…
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31: Shagduk — 'The Imp Who Shagged Me'
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Shagduk is a beautifully written epistolary novel that is in love with its subject matter, perhaps even to a fault as we debate here! Regardless, it is a great piece of fiction.Read it: https://pilumpress.com/products/shagdukhttps://amzn.to/4fGrvsEFollow this author & press: https://x.com/PilumPresshttps://x.com/deredordicaSupport & Vote on our nex…
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Dads take a lot of heat, and deservedly so: Life in a patriarchy means that much of this society is a direct reflection of generations of Dads - we have FOUNDING FATHERS for chrissakes - so everything, good and bad (and let's face it, the scales are tipping the wrong way) must be laid at our feet. And yet: We will do anything for our kids. A-N-Y-T-…
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RIP to the magnificent Teri Garr, perhaps one of the patron (matron?) saints of Dad movies. No one was realer, funnier, or more fully and charmingly human. She and Michael Keaton make a pretty good meal out of these ingredients; it's pretty clear why the Oscar noms wait in the offing. Listen, Michael Keaton is having a moment, and deservedly so; bu…
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SIDE BAR LIVE: We're all having a very crazy month and Cap couldn't make our original record time to discuss Shagduk, so we're doing that next time and instead Gabe & David ran a livestream to cover a topic near and dear to their own hearts - THE WAY OF SLOP KINGS!Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghttps://www.subscrib…
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CUE THE VIOLINS! And Happy Halloween from the Dads; enjoy our long shower with Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 slashsterpiece PSYCHO.Bởi Mike Dorval, Tooky Kavanagh, David Rabinow
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Tooky's Digest: BROZER / Braunstein — A New Kind of Tabletop Roleplaying Strategy Game
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Tooky's Digest! The trial run for what will be a very infrequent miniseries (our full attention remains on Side Bar as our primary show) which will allow me (David) to discuss new cultural projects and trends, often with a guest who is an expert on the project.This will make it easier for me to cover those brief one-off fascinations I have without …
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Elevator pitch: I'd like to take a 19th century French melodrama and update it, eliminating the graphic violence and changing the famously heartbreaking ending. Also, we should set it in a small town full of horny old ladies. Studio Executive: Ok, here's a ton of money. Only one person can land that pitch: Total Dad favorite and comic dilettante St…
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Confession: at the grocery store with my family, I will often and without warning turn suddenly a full 360 degrees in either direction while exclaiming "Crazy Ivan!" Let no one say this movie doesn't have a lasting impact. Baldwin! Connery! Glenn! Neill! Curry! Vance! Skarsgard! and James Earl Jones (RIP)! Who doesn't love a submarine movie? NOT DA…
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30: Femgooning // Fictosexuality — 'Gor Accelerationism'
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Reflecting on rise of "femgoon-lit", the male response, and fictosexuality more broadly. And a guest appearance from the wonderful Katherine Dee/Default Friend, check our her work which touches on these topics often:https://default.blog/https://x.com/default_friendComing up we have the winner of our August Fiction Poll: Shagduk!Support & Vote on ou…
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LEEEEEEEEET THE RIVER RUUUUUUUUUUUUN... (NGL, that songs rips) A Dad Movie? About a lady? Yeah, dummy, it's 2024. (OK fine, Harrison Ford was probably our hook at the time, but now... well, he still kicks ass in this flick) ALSO: Sigourney Weaver! Melanie Griffith! Joan MFing Cusack! Olympia MFing Dukakis! Oliver Platt! (and yeah, Alec Baldwin and …
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Before Vince Vaughn was America's doughy best friend and Jon Favreau was launching Iron Man and the Mandalorian (that guy loves armor, huh?), these two babyfaces shot a shoestring comedy that captures the brief moment in America when chain wallets, indoor smoking, and swing dancing were not just tolerated but were emblematic of a lifestyle that can…
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29: App Driven Nerd Erasure — 'Substack's Eternal September'
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Responding to the series of major changes to Substack, and reflecting on the 'Eternal September' phenomenon more broadly: https://substack.com/inbox/post/149032269Coming up we have the winner of our August Fiction Poll: Shagduk!Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghttps://www.subscribestar.com/tookysmagFROM TOOKY'S MAG! …
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Get busy Daddin', or get busy podcastin'. Carve your names into the eaves with the Dads as we attempt to break free from Frank Darabont's Steven King adaptation par excellence (featuring Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, and the voice of Mr. Krabs), 1994's THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.Bởi Mike Dorval, Tooky Kavanagh, David Rabinow
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Wait, Sidney Poitier directed this? Huh. Ok, then. Pryor. Wilder. Poitier. Every Dad is born having seen this movie. It combines everything Dads know about the criminal justice system with everything Dads know about the rodeo. It's why your Dad is neither a lawyer nor a cowboy. Get your chicken costumes out because we're watching the comedy smash o…
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28: Give Up the Ghost — 'Backup Big Tiddy Goth GF'
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PCM Christ spins a southern gothic murder mystery about the time the devil went down to Georgia! Read it free: https://plzcallmechrist.substack.com/p/the-devil-has-come-back-to-georgiaSupport this author!: https://amzn.to/4gxBp1dComing up we have the winner of our August Fiction Poll: Shagduk!Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/…
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This movie features an all-time complicated Dad (John Mahoney), and is helmed by the wunderkind (Cameron Crowe) that launched a string of Dad movies, so you can- Hang on; just give me a second? (Goes to window; opens it) "It's after 2:00 am; goodnight, Lloyd." (Closes window) Sorry. That kid is out here every night blasting his Peter Gabriel. Which…
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An odd companion piece to last week's episode (THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) featuring another aspect of human existence (this week: ASD, last week: trans awareness) that in 2024 we have a vastly more informed cultural relationship to than we did at the time of these movies' respective releases. AND YET, I think it's fair to say that our deepened under…
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Hannibal Lecter has been in the news recently for reasons both dumb and stupid. But Anthony Hopkins' performance is anything but - the only thing scarier than this film is the prospect of another four years of [REDACTED]. Speaking of presidential trauma, Jodie Foster is equally incredible in this flick. Dads love Jodie Foster, because her movies ar…
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27: H8 Spree — 'An Opus of Edglordism'
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King Cringe brings the heat with this gonzo novelization of sex, murder, and supercharged politics! Read it free: https://kingcringe.substack.com/p/h8-spree-iiComing up we tentatively have "The Event" by Sam Pink, a sprinkling of some topics, and the winner of our August Fiction Poll: Shagduk!Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/…
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America has had a lot of Dads. The good (Michael Landon, Barack Obama), the bad (Bill Cosby, Alec Baldwin), and the confusingly discordant (RIP Bob Saget/Danny Tanner). But we submit here that America's greatest Dad is almost never pictured with an actual son or daughter, yet nonetheless appears in many films as a distant-yet-deeply-caring-dispense…
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Inside each of us is three Dads... (I've made this joke already, but c'mon) You've got a Guttenberg - sensitive and clueless. You've got a Danson - dashing and egomaniacal. You've got a Selleck - rugged and protective. These Dads are engaged in a relentless battle for dominance within you. When you suddenly have a baby (and I sincerely hope none of…
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26: Literary Implications of Skibidi Toilet
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What, if anything, does the 'skibidi toilet' phenomenon show us about literature in this darkest of endings? Serialization, timelinification, and some gibberish from Gabe!Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghttps://www.subscribestar.com/tookysmagNEW FROM TOOKY'S MAG! IMPROVIDENCE: a.co/d/3AGjHU2Subscribe to the Tooky's …
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GET TO THE CHOPPAH! (Dads love a good Arnold impression) The Dads turn on their thermal vision to dissect the film that launched the handshake that launched a thousand memes. Schwarzenegger. Weathers. Ventura. Van Damme (in absentia). And a bunch of vaguely problematic Dad stereotypes that somehow age like fine wine. It's John McTiernan's horror-ac…
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Listen, the Dads make no secret of our political leanings: would we would prefer this country and its institutions be run by women of color? LIKELY. Is this a topical issue at the moment? PERHAPS. Are we feeling (cautiously) hopeful right now? MAYBE. Did we want to honor this unprecedented time in American history by talking about a film wherein Bl…
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Deep dive into "parapolitics" and the world of noided marxist conspiracycels - the linguistics behind it, the material forces creating it, and the cultural shift it's driving to.Thumbnail art shamelessly stolen from ApCon Mag: https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2... Support & Vote on our next read! / tookysmag https://www.subscribestar.com/tookysm…
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Inside every one of us are two Dads, fighting for supremacy. One looks like Jack Cates. One looks like Reggie Hammond. Do I have to tell you which one to listen to? The Dads carefully dissect the not-at-all problematic and hugely influential "buddy" cop comedy from 1982 (featuring the breakout performance from Eddie Murphy), Walter Hill's 48 HOURS.…
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Sometimes - maybe most of the time? - we don't fully appreciate our Dads until we've had a chance to reflect on them. Their tiny brilliances, their hidden diamond facets behind their seemingly-workaday veneer...these can sometimes go unremarked upon until one day you look up and realize OH SHIT MY DAD IS THE BEST COMEDY OF THE 80S. Am I conflating …
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True story: My Dad purchased a bunch of tvs from an electronics store. He was informed that he would receive a discount if he signed up for their in-house credit card. So he (of course) proceeded to do so under a fake name because everyone knows that LAWS DO NOT APPLY TO DADS. When asked for his name for the card he said: "Bond. Fenimore Bond." I t…
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How rare is it for a movie to serve as a primer on how to both BE and NOT BE a Dad? This film is the "Scared Straight" of Dad movies. Also Ted Kramer is a lousy person who is capable of great things. Or a great person who does a lot of lousy things. Is it any wonder that Dustin Hoffman won an Oscar? Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, and Justin Henry al…
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24: My First Book — ''My Ch-UwU-ngus Arc'
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Book club discussion of the book 'My First Book' by Honor Levy.Read it here: https://amzn.to/3xvfcimSupport & Vote on our next read! / tookysmag https://www.subscribestar.com/tookysmagNEW FROM TOOKY'S MAG! IMPROVIDENCE: a.co/d/3AGjHU2Subscribe to the Tooky's Mag Substack: https://tookys.substack.com/Gabe's Substack: https://muggy.substack.com/Spoti…
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THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS
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Perhaps we don't touch on the dark side of Dads often enough. But ask anyone who's even been, had, or known a Dad and they'll tell you it's there. The obsessiveness, the pettiness, the gatekeeping... it's all there. Perhaps (as this podcast occasionally posits) the real merit of a Dad comes from our ability to recognize and (hopefully) evolve into …
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Forget the podcast, Ricky. Give 'em the heater. Lotsa Dad types in this one: Corbin Bernsen's asshole Dad, Chelcie Ross' Christian Dad (with a hidden stash of Hustlers), Tom Berenger's seemingly- cool-but-oh-wait-actually-kind-of-sad Dad, and James Gammon's tough love Dad. Plus you got a Sheen (Dads LOVE Sheens!) AND a Haysbert (the voice of Allsta…
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GABE'S GRAB BAG: Peering Through Paglia w/ Adem Luz Rienspects
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Adem and I Belatedly celebrate the birthday of mystic-woman, She-Seer, and Grandmother of all E-girls Camille Paglia. BUY ADEM'S BOOK, IT IS A SOURCE OF GREAT VITALITY AND DIONYSIAN SPIRIT! https://amzn.to/3wP687WFollow Adem: https://x.com/AdemLuzNEW FROM TOOKY'S MAG! IMPROVIDENCE: https://amzn.to/49fQTBTSubscribe to the Tooky's Mag Substack: https…
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23: The Black Album — 'Pegasus Does Vegas'
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Book club discussion of the book 'The Black Album' by Matt Pegas.Read it here: https://amzn.to/3KDchavSupport & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghttps://www.subscribestar.com/tookysmagNEW FROM TOOKY'S MAG! IMPROVIDENCE: a.co/d/3AGjHU2Subscribe to the Tooky's Mag Substack: https://tookys.substack.com/Gabe's Substack: https://mu…
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SUPERMAN II (THE RICHARD DONNER CUT)
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Happy Upcoming Father's Day! In honor of the holiday, and in the (very Dad) spirit of making amends for mistakes made years prior, we present this VERY Dad-centric original vision of the 1980 sequel to SUPERMAN: THE MOTION PICTURE. For reasons (see: capitalism), the original theatrical release was credited to Richard Lester after Richard Donner (or…
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Dads love two things: MacGuffins and culturally irrelevant impressions. This film gives our Dads the chance to enjoy the ur-MacGuffin while dusting off our best Bogey (or even our Peter Lorre!) for the eyerolled "amusement" of our progeny. Also, it's one of the greatest movies ever mad yada yada yada. This week: John Huston's 1941 hard-boiled noir-…
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Every Dad knows: you gotta take out the trash. What every Dad comes to learn: done correctly, taking out the trash is a vacation. A brief respite from the demands of family interaction, a chance to ever-so-briefly immerse oneself in a larger world. Trash has value: spiritual and emotional value. BLOODSPORT is trash. It is eminently disposable and p…
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22: "Right Wing YA is Necessary"
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The boys gather round with Last Things to discuss his claim that "we need dissident YA fiction". Check out the great work of Last Things: https://www.youtube.com/@lastthingsNEW FROM TOOKY'S MAG! IMPROVIDENCE: a.co/d/3AGjHU2Subscribe to the Tooky's Mag Substack: https://tookys.substack.com/Gabe's Substack: https://muggy.substack.com/The Prudentialis…
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Discussion of this magnificent film inspired Dad Mike to say: "I'm going full Harrison Butker on The Girthmaster." I can't think of a stronger endorsement to listen to a deep Porn Dad discussion of Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 masterpiece BOOGIE NIGHTS.
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This may no longer be your Dad's favorite movie, but it's definitely your Dad's favorite Simpsons joke. Take a peek up Charlton Heston's loincloth with us as we explore the whos, wheres, whys, and WHA?s of Franklin Schaffner's 1968 monkeypocalypse PLANET OF THE APES.Bởi Mike Dorval, Tooky Kavanagh, David Rabinow
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21: The Bizarchives #6 - "Epistolary Food Fan Fiction"
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Book club discussion of 'Bizarchives #6', a spiritual successor to Weird Tales. Read it here: https://amzn.to/44wxls4or here: https://thebizarchives.com/NEW FROM TOOKY'S MAG! IMPROVIDENCE: a.co/d/3AGjHU2Subscribe to the Tooky's Mag Substack: https://tookys.substack.com/Gabe's Substack: https://muggy.substack.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/sh…
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Perhaps the most Dad-spirational movie of all time, this movie features beautiful people doing cool stuff in a fantasy city. Every Dad sees himself in a cool suit talking the racket, or tugging on our bucket hats at the track, ready for one big score. But the truth is: most of us are Julia Roberts: blissfully unaware of the danger at the edges of o…
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