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February 11, 2013 at 10:15 am
Nathan Wonder
What a great article. Pardon my while I go buy the DVD on Amazon…
February 13, 2013 at 3:04 pm
Enrique
I really enjoyed this essay — I could not put it down until read through the whole thing — I don’t know, though, if I really want to see the DVD — it might spoil my enjoyment of the essay
February 13, 2013 at 3:04 pm
jeff
I had the same reaction