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What Just Happened?: Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line
Art Linson's riotous journey through the making of five major motion pictures.
Whether he's trying to persuade an executive that Gwyneth Paltrow has enough chin to carry the lead in a movie, forcing an enraged Alec Baldwin to shave off his mountain-man beard, or sitting through an excruciating reading of a David Mamet script as Bob de Niro toys with the notion of heading up the cast, Art Linson gives us a brutally honest, funny, and comprehensive tour through the horrors of Hollywood, from script to screen.
In What Just Happened? we get to explore, at close range, finicky directors, clueless executives, shameless marketers, famous actors, battered screenwriters, and hapless producers crossing paths in such calamitous ways that it's a miracle these films get made at all. Linson is the ideal guide through this heavily land-mined, high-stakes industry, pausing for a moment here or there to explain some aspect or pitfall of the business, to wax nostalgic about film days past, or to serve up a compelling inside Hollywood tale of woe. Whether you love the movies or not, you won't be able to resist the stories behind them.
Whether he's trying to persuade an executive that Gwyneth Paltrow has enough chin to carry the lead in a movie, forcing an enraged Alec Baldwin to shave off his mountain-man beard, or sitting through an excruciating reading of a David Mamet script as Bob de Niro toys with the notion of heading up the cast, Art Linson gives us a brutally honest, funny, and comprehensive tour through the horrors of Hollywood, from script to screen.
In What Just Happened? we get to explore, at close range, finicky directors, clueless executives, shameless marketers, famous actors, battered screenwriters, and hapless producers crossing paths in such calamitous ways that it's a miracle these films get made at all. Linson is the ideal guide through this heavily land-mined, high-stakes industry, pausing for a moment here or there to explain some aspect or pitfall of the business, to wax nostalgic about film days past, or to serve up a compelling inside Hollywood tale of woe. Whether you love the movies or not, you won't be able to resist the stories behind them.
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First published January 1, 2002
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June 26, 2025
BITTER HOLLYWOOD TALES FROM THE FRONT LINE
La locandina del film diretto da Barry Levinson nel 2008. Art Linson fu lo sceneggiatore del suo libro. Nella parte di Linson Bob De Niro. Nel cast: Sean Penn, Bruce Willis, John Turturro, Stanley Tucci, Robin Wright (all’epoca Penn), Kristen Stewart, Catherine Keener, Michael Wincott. Il film è uscito in Italia col titolo “Disastro a Hollywood”.
Art Linson è un produttore cinematografico importante, di quelli da scrivere con la P maiuscola.
Tra i suoi lavori più notevoli si possono indicare: “Gli intoccabili”, “Scrooged – SOS Fantasmi”, un’altra regia di Brian De Palma dal titolo “Casualties of War - Vittime di guerra”, “Non siamo angeli” diretto da Neil Jordan con Robert De Niro, Sean Penn e Demi Moore, “Dick Tracy” di Warren Beatty, “Singles” di Cameron Crowe, il remake americano del mitico "Nikita", e cioè “Point of No Return - Nome in codice: Nina” di John Badham, “This Boy’s Life - Voglia di ricominciare” con un giovanissimo Leonardo di Caprio e Robert De Niro che ne interpretava il patrigno, uno dei miei film preferiti, se non il preferito in assoluto, “Heat – La sfida” di Michael Mann, la prima volta di Robert De Niro e Al Pacino insieme, “Into the Wild” di Sean Penn, “Fuori di testa”, “The Edge – L’urlo dell’odio” di Lee Tamahori con Anthony Hopkins e Alec Baldwin nel pieno del suo successo, “Fight Club”, eccetera.
Un curriculum di tutto rispetto.
De Niro e Bruce Willis. La scena esilarante ripercorre l’episodio autentico di Alec Baldwin che non si vuole tagliare la barba sul set di “L’urlo dell’odio”.
Che ha fatto di lui un uomo di potere.
O no?
Perché a un certo punto qualcosa è successo: il potere ha cominciato a mordersi la coda, a mangiare se stesso. No, no, non si tratta di molestie, non per lui. Si tratta di qualche fiasco, di qualche film di minor successo, o proprio flop.
Aveva perso l’abilità? Era diventato più distratto, meno attento? Stava male?...
Niente di tutto questo.
Direi che si tratta di fortuna (per qualcuno, di sfiga): la ruota ha cominciato a girare nel senso sbagliato, o a non girare più.
De Niro e il regista Levinson sul set. No, non è una pausa: stanno lavorando.
E siccome a Hollywood, dove la sua fortuna si era costruita, a Hollywood sei il tuo ultimo film, se il tuo ultimo film è un flop, tu sei un flop.
E la gente comincia a starti alla larga, a girarti le spalle, a non darti e farti più credito.
Di conseguenza, la sfiga si somma alla sfortuna.
E la tua carriera precipita in discesa libera.
De Niro e Robin Wright.
Chi si aspetta un pianto su se stesso, un’invettiva contro il sistema, un racconto filosofico, una disfatta dei massimi sistemi, rimarrà deluso. Questo breve libro è invece spiritoso, geniale, smaliziato, corrosivo, brillante, cinico, irriverente, ironico, molto divertente, oltre che incredibilmente vero.
Strappa il sipario, svela l’arcano dell’olimpo hollywoodiano, e rende il mito ancora più mitico.
Come una seduta psicanalitica di Woody Allen.
A tratti sembra di essere in pieno Catch 22. L’indimenticato, e indimenticabile, Comma 22.
Come dice la legge di Murphy, se qualcosa può andare male, andrà male.
De Niro, Turturro e Tucci.
Il nome di Linson è Art: forse se si chiamava Money avrebbe scritto un libro diverso.
Alla resa dei conti, il libro riesce, anche se di poco, ad avere la meglio sull’opera cinematografica perché riesce a raggiungere quella schiettezza e quella grezza spontaneità che il film di Barry Levinson tenta invece di manipolare leggermente.
La locandina del film diretto da Barry Levinson nel 2008. Art Linson fu lo sceneggiatore del suo libro. Nella parte di Linson Bob De Niro. Nel cast: Sean Penn, Bruce Willis, John Turturro, Stanley Tucci, Robin Wright (all’epoca Penn), Kristen Stewart, Catherine Keener, Michael Wincott. Il film è uscito in Italia col titolo “Disastro a Hollywood”.
Art Linson è un produttore cinematografico importante, di quelli da scrivere con la P maiuscola.
Tra i suoi lavori più notevoli si possono indicare: “Gli intoccabili”, “Scrooged – SOS Fantasmi”, un’altra regia di Brian De Palma dal titolo “Casualties of War - Vittime di guerra”, “Non siamo angeli” diretto da Neil Jordan con Robert De Niro, Sean Penn e Demi Moore, “Dick Tracy” di Warren Beatty, “Singles” di Cameron Crowe, il remake americano del mitico "Nikita", e cioè “Point of No Return - Nome in codice: Nina” di John Badham, “This Boy’s Life - Voglia di ricominciare” con un giovanissimo Leonardo di Caprio e Robert De Niro che ne interpretava il patrigno, uno dei miei film preferiti, se non il preferito in assoluto, “Heat – La sfida” di Michael Mann, la prima volta di Robert De Niro e Al Pacino insieme, “Into the Wild” di Sean Penn, “Fuori di testa”, “The Edge – L’urlo dell’odio” di Lee Tamahori con Anthony Hopkins e Alec Baldwin nel pieno del suo successo, “Fight Club”, eccetera.
Un curriculum di tutto rispetto.
De Niro e Bruce Willis. La scena esilarante ripercorre l’episodio autentico di Alec Baldwin che non si vuole tagliare la barba sul set di “L’urlo dell’odio”.
Che ha fatto di lui un uomo di potere.
O no?
Perché a un certo punto qualcosa è successo: il potere ha cominciato a mordersi la coda, a mangiare se stesso. No, no, non si tratta di molestie, non per lui. Si tratta di qualche fiasco, di qualche film di minor successo, o proprio flop.
Aveva perso l’abilità? Era diventato più distratto, meno attento? Stava male?...
Niente di tutto questo.
Direi che si tratta di fortuna (per qualcuno, di sfiga): la ruota ha cominciato a girare nel senso sbagliato, o a non girare più.
De Niro e il regista Levinson sul set. No, non è una pausa: stanno lavorando.
E siccome a Hollywood, dove la sua fortuna si era costruita, a Hollywood sei il tuo ultimo film, se il tuo ultimo film è un flop, tu sei un flop.
E la gente comincia a starti alla larga, a girarti le spalle, a non darti e farti più credito.
Di conseguenza, la sfiga si somma alla sfortuna.
E la tua carriera precipita in discesa libera.
De Niro e Robin Wright.
Chi si aspetta un pianto su se stesso, un’invettiva contro il sistema, un racconto filosofico, una disfatta dei massimi sistemi, rimarrà deluso. Questo breve libro è invece spiritoso, geniale, smaliziato, corrosivo, brillante, cinico, irriverente, ironico, molto divertente, oltre che incredibilmente vero.
Strappa il sipario, svela l’arcano dell’olimpo hollywoodiano, e rende il mito ancora più mitico.
Come una seduta psicanalitica di Woody Allen.
A tratti sembra di essere in pieno Catch 22. L’indimenticato, e indimenticabile, Comma 22.
Come dice la legge di Murphy, se qualcosa può andare male, andrà male.
De Niro, Turturro e Tucci.
Il nome di Linson è Art: forse se si chiamava Money avrebbe scritto un libro diverso.
Alla resa dei conti, il libro riesce, anche se di poco, ad avere la meglio sull’opera cinematografica perché riesce a raggiungere quella schiettezza e quella grezza spontaneità che il film di Barry Levinson tenta invece di manipolare leggermente.
May 6, 2015
I didn't finish this book. I was just so furious with it. The writing isn't just bad and annoying, it's absolutely appalling. I'ts like an old guy using his grandchildren's slang, a wine snob describing a vintage, a rap artist that's-what-I'm fuckin'-sayin' at the end of every phrase, know what I mean, like. Just shut up, stop trying to sound cool and tell the story.
I have no idea if the book is any good or not and I really couldn't care less. If a book can't hook me in fifty pages it's failed in its contract with the reader and I want my money back! Although in this case, since I only paid $1.50 for it (and free postage) and it is exactly the right size for propping up my porch table, I won't be making any claims.
I have no idea if the book is any good or not and I really couldn't care less. If a book can't hook me in fifty pages it's failed in its contract with the reader and I want my money back! Although in this case, since I only paid $1.50 for it (and free postage) and it is exactly the right size for propping up my porch table, I won't be making any claims.
September 16, 2012
The best Hollywood biography since Julia Phillips gave us You'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again
Art Linson has written a smart, funny, honest and brutal portrait of his life within the Hollywood production line. As he admits in the foreword this didn't make him Mr Popular amongst his peers.
If you've read the Julia Phillips book or any other 'tell all' tale from Hollywood you won't be surprised at the behaviour contained within this volume BUT Linson still has the ability to shock with his casual approach to telling the story reflecting the casual approach to mean spirited behaviour and no-nothingness of the powers that be.
I admit I was primarily interested for the tales surrounding Fincher's production of Fight Club as I'd heard snippets previously and the Entertainment Weekly review promised that he would put the reader "in the Fox screening room during the studio brass's horrified first look..." and he didn't disappoint, sparing no blushes and pulling so punches as one of the finest, most powerful movies to come out of Hollywood in a generation was dismissed so easily.
There's more to it than that, the breazy chatter throughout is filled with irresistible anecdotes and almost reads as "How Not To Make Movies: Or How I Learned To Roll With The Punches and Keep On Making Them Anyway." Even when everything went perfectly on the production of a film, there could be no happy ending in Hollywood. This tale should be compulsory reading for everyone attending film school with the intention to pursue a career in movie making and I intend to send this to my producer if he hasn't read it already.
A highly enjoyable read.
Originally posted at blahblahblahgay
Art Linson has written a smart, funny, honest and brutal portrait of his life within the Hollywood production line. As he admits in the foreword this didn't make him Mr Popular amongst his peers.
If you've read the Julia Phillips book or any other 'tell all' tale from Hollywood you won't be surprised at the behaviour contained within this volume BUT Linson still has the ability to shock with his casual approach to telling the story reflecting the casual approach to mean spirited behaviour and no-nothingness of the powers that be.
I admit I was primarily interested for the tales surrounding Fincher's production of Fight Club as I'd heard snippets previously and the Entertainment Weekly review promised that he would put the reader "in the Fox screening room during the studio brass's horrified first look..." and he didn't disappoint, sparing no blushes and pulling so punches as one of the finest, most powerful movies to come out of Hollywood in a generation was dismissed so easily.
There's more to it than that, the breazy chatter throughout is filled with irresistible anecdotes and almost reads as "How Not To Make Movies: Or How I Learned To Roll With The Punches and Keep On Making Them Anyway." Even when everything went perfectly on the production of a film, there could be no happy ending in Hollywood. This tale should be compulsory reading for everyone attending film school with the intention to pursue a career in movie making and I intend to send this to my producer if he hasn't read it already.
A highly enjoyable read.
Originally posted at blahblahblahgay
October 16, 2011
In this book, Hollywood producer Art Linson recounts some of his successes and failures as a producer and how his projects came together. It's one data point on how Hollywood movies get made, and the book gives one producer's perspective on what makes a project successful. I especially enjoyed Linson's perspective on producing Fight Club, and his thoughts on working with Fox's marketing department.
March 12, 2021
Meh. Interesting little insider stories of Hollywood, but somehow did not hold my interest. I'm glad half the book was the screenplay, I finished that much sooner than I expected. Mostly, I just didn't like how Linson framed his stories in conversation with his "retired" exec acquaintance. Yawn.
October 7, 2013
If you’ve ever wondered exactly what a Hollywood film producer does, check out this short work by Art Linson (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Heist, Heat and Into The Wild). Subtitled, “Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line,” it’s smarmy, snarky and uncompromising as it upends the biz to expose an ugly, paranoid underbelly. Using dialogue, professional data and anecdotes, Linson spins behind-the scenes tales about The Edge, Great Expectations and The Fight Club with reveals about a number of superstars including Brad Pitt, Robert DeNiro and Gwyneth Paltrow. His terse, tart style made me feel like we were chatting over drinks at the Polo Lounge, and while some accuse him of being harsh, I felt like the guy was reigning himself in. This book isn’t for Mary Poppins happy hearts, but then neither is the business end of show business.
January 28, 2008
In this slim but highly readable volume, producer Art Linson, who has been behind such notable titles as "Melvin and Howard", "The Untouchables' and the regrettably neglected "American Hot Wax", recounts his brief tenure with 20th Century Fox, where he made 5 films, all of them considered failures. (The films were "The Edge", "Great Expectations", "Pushing Tin", "Fight Club" - which actually turned out to be profitable - and the more or less unreleased "Sunset Strip"). In the book, Linson comes off as something of a great raconteur, perfectly willing to concede where each project went wrong. But he gets the last laugh: he's just turned "What Just Happened?" into a movie with Bruce Willis and Robert De Niro.
November 23, 2008
This was a pretty good account of the inner-workings and and all-out bullshit that goes into making a big-budget hollywood movie in our current studio system. It is told from the first-person berspective of Art Linson the author. It deals with his time at Fox for five years producing such films as "The Edge" and "Fight Club". Interesting book. A very quick read. Because it is rather on the short side, they've included the screenplay for the book, which I want to see. The film stars Robert DeNiro in the lead. I recommend the book if you are interested in Hollywood insider stories.
May 18, 2008
A brief, inside look at the inner workings of 20th Century Fox at the end of the 20th Century through the eyes of a producer who worked for them and who put out 5 films that were largely deemed unsuccessful: The Edge, Great Expectations, Fight Club, Pushing Tin and Sunset Strip (a movie that was overshadowed by the similar Almost Famous). I really liked it and if you're interested in what goes on in the world of movie producing, you'll enjoy it.
February 17, 2010
In the clusterfuck of Hollywood Linson describes, I can't believe any movie gets made, ever. The framing device of conversations was annoying and not effective. But if you really want the inside scoop on The Edge or Great Expectations, you're in luck.
September 8, 2009
Hilarious, razor-sharp, and insider-savvy.
February 7, 2010
Sounded interesting (inside look into the life of a producer), but I couldn't get through it.
August 21, 2016
Brilliant sharp funny movie bitchiness. If you've seen the godawful film don't be put off.
March 14, 2024
Other than Hollywood Animal, this is my favorite book on the nitty gritty inside tea of Hollywood. I can't imagine why it has such a low overall rating. (I won't even look at the low stars because I'm sure it will just irritate me.)
Linson, who produced such hit movies as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Car Wash, and Fight Club, bares all about the inner workings of Hollywood. Just how difficult, random, and nonsensical the movie-making process is. It's honestly astonishing that ANY of these movies ever do well. In fact, the vast majority of movies disappear into a discount bin without a trace. There is simply no secret to what audiences will want. Sure, you can hedge your bets by casting a big star (at the time this was written, this basically meant Tom Cruise and Harrison Ford). You can do a few other things—a commercial plot, a time-tested writer, a brilliant marketing campaign, a star director—but ALL of that can very easily still add up to a bomb.
I love these kinds of Hollywood books because it really just shows you how most of what is successful in the creative field has to do with luck and not much else.
Also, Linson is very funny. There are a few notes here that read as un-woke (what we used to call un-PC) and I'm happy the publisher didn't delete them.
Linson, who produced such hit movies as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Car Wash, and Fight Club, bares all about the inner workings of Hollywood. Just how difficult, random, and nonsensical the movie-making process is. It's honestly astonishing that ANY of these movies ever do well. In fact, the vast majority of movies disappear into a discount bin without a trace. There is simply no secret to what audiences will want. Sure, you can hedge your bets by casting a big star (at the time this was written, this basically meant Tom Cruise and Harrison Ford). You can do a few other things—a commercial plot, a time-tested writer, a brilliant marketing campaign, a star director—but ALL of that can very easily still add up to a bomb.
I love these kinds of Hollywood books because it really just shows you how most of what is successful in the creative field has to do with luck and not much else.
Also, Linson is very funny. There are a few notes here that read as un-woke (what we used to call un-PC) and I'm happy the publisher didn't delete them.
January 30, 2023
Ugh, what did I just read?
Well, I can see why Linson is a producer and not a writer…. Suffice it to say he does not have the gift. This book was tedious, with only the most meager of interesting crumbs to keep me going. I did keep going, thinking that at some point my patience would be rewarded, but nope. You have to be a super fam or an insider to get anything from this rambling menace of a memoir.
You do get to see how some of the sausage gets made, and it’s depressing. After reading this, it amazes me that I’ve ever enjoyed any movie… the production side seems to actively hate art/narrative/actors… but it loves itself, which is why this stinker was turned into a movie. I skimmed he screenplay, which was included in this edition and I was not tempted to watch it. YAWN.
Well, I can see why Linson is a producer and not a writer…. Suffice it to say he does not have the gift. This book was tedious, with only the most meager of interesting crumbs to keep me going. I did keep going, thinking that at some point my patience would be rewarded, but nope. You have to be a super fam or an insider to get anything from this rambling menace of a memoir.
You do get to see how some of the sausage gets made, and it’s depressing. After reading this, it amazes me that I’ve ever enjoyed any movie… the production side seems to actively hate art/narrative/actors… but it loves itself, which is why this stinker was turned into a movie. I skimmed he screenplay, which was included in this edition and I was not tempted to watch it. YAWN.
September 10, 2022
I saw the movie first, then had to get the book, because it has Robert De Niro on the cover! Turns out De Niro is a personal friend of the author, film producer Art Linson, and he's the one who first suggested making a movie out of this book. The movie is almost completely different than the book (except for an actor who doesn't want to shave his beard for a movie role), but the stress of being a producer is there in both formats. You can even compare the two, since the screenplay is included in this movie tie-in edition. Worth the read for movie buffs and De Niro fans.
July 4, 2017
2.5 stars. This was an amusing little collection of Hollywood anecdotes by producer Art Linson, but I wish that it would have covered more of his filmography. Movies like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Heat, and Fight Club get largely glossed over and Linson instead spends more than a third of the book detailing the forgettable Anthony Hopkins vs. Alec Baldwin vs. a bear film, The Edge.
September 7, 2023
Read this I guess mid 2000s or so but I was curious to revisit it. After the shitstorm that was the last book, I read, I wanted to treat myself to a layup. This mostly held up in my memory as an honest, insightful and juicy read about a great producer. I’m withholding a fifth star because the the wraparound device with the annoying producer. I didn’t remember this but the book dies every time it goes to him. Otherwise, a very quick and terrific read.
December 3, 2020
If you're interested in this subject, a better book is William Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade. This book by Linson is a lewd and crude version of that. I quit screenwriting after my 1st screenplay was rejected and I gave up on the 2nd one. Both books confirm I made the right decision. I would not have survived that ruthless world.
March 22, 2022
Art Linson has a very easy to read writing style and is in a part of his career as a producer and Hollywood insider that he can name names and it doesn't matter.
A thoroughly interesting read and good background information on the process of making a movie. (at least as it stood in the early 90s).
July 2, 2022
I read this book on the journey back from Paris to London an easy and thoroughly enjoyable read.It almost seems as if pressing the green light is like pressing the self district bitton.Anyway there is no 20thFx anymore so the execs are scattered to the wind or retired
September 18, 2024
The movie industry: basically even worse than you thought.
Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in film making. Or possibly anyone with an interest in wondering how any film ever gets made...
Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in film making. Or possibly anyone with an interest in wondering how any film ever gets made...
July 17, 2017
Not fucking interested in continue reading or watching this self-centered shit. Come on, I am trying to go throw anxiety and depression and this here is very depressing... EMPTINESS... lonely image.
March 2, 2019
There's some great insider stories in this book, but I found the way it was constructed to be a bit tedious at times.
May 6, 2019
Interesting tales behind the scenes of movies. Especially from the producers angle.
April 20, 2022
Reasonably enjoyable book about Hollywood. Nothing earth shattering, but a quick read.
April 20, 2022
Maybe this was the wrong time for me to try reading this book but I just couldn't get into it. It was disjointed and confusing and not that entertaining. Hard pass for me.
February 7, 2023
Fun and light, not literary, insightful at times, cynical at all times
May 11, 2022
Acidic fun and pitch-black humor collide in this memoir of Hollywood, with producer Linson sitting down with his anonymous now-unemployed producer friend (enemy) for a series of bitter flashbacks to film-making warfare. The anecdotes are entertaining, and the dialogue/vocabulary of the numerous sharks and cannibals in Linson's true stories is one of a kind. Whether it involves Linson's negotiations with actor Robert DeNiro over responding to ANY script, arguing with novice yet arrogant producers, watching the body language of other producers as they survive the day-to-day, minute-by-minute life expectancies, bouncing between different studios, or just fighting indigestion, Linson captures everything. Does a producer have a "lucky walk"? The behind-the-scenes mechanics of film releasing and advertising have never been covered with such a personal touch. So it's almost understandable--but not justifiable--why so many movies made with epic care are never given a chance to be seen. Despite Linson's resume' being incredible, so many judgements (prejudices) are based on losses over hits. Again, it's further proof that, in William Goldman's own words, Hollywood knows nothing.
February 1, 2014
2008 bookcrossing thoughts...
I had this on my wishlist because I'd read a review about it in a paper (can't remember where now) and it had sounded kind of interesting. Well, it was kind of interesting, and that's my curiosity satisfied. Nothing I'd go mad on. The most interesting part was about the production of the film FIGHT CLUB. It's been years since I saw that. Felt like watching it again.
It's basically just a book about some anecdotes from the memories of a Hollywood producer. An eye opener I suppose, but a little bit sad to see how the film industry is really about money and ego-executives in suits. Makes you think, because of the system, some absolutely fantastic films will never be made. Somehow misses the point...
I had this on my wishlist because I'd read a review about it in a paper (can't remember where now) and it had sounded kind of interesting. Well, it was kind of interesting, and that's my curiosity satisfied. Nothing I'd go mad on. The most interesting part was about the production of the film FIGHT CLUB. It's been years since I saw that. Felt like watching it again.
It's basically just a book about some anecdotes from the memories of a Hollywood producer. An eye opener I suppose, but a little bit sad to see how the film industry is really about money and ego-executives in suits. Makes you think, because of the system, some absolutely fantastic films will never be made. Somehow misses the point...
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