Friday, July 11, 2025

Review: James Gunn's "SUPERMAN" Starts a New Era

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 31 of 2025 (No. 2037) by Leroy Douresseaux

Superman (2025)
Running time:  129 minutes
Rating: MPA – PG for violence, action and language
DIRECTOR:  James Gunn
WRITER:  James Gunn (based characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster)
PRODUCERS:  James Gunn and Peter Safran
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Henry Braham (D.o.P.)
EDITORS:  Craig Alpert and William Hoy
COMPOSERS:  David Fleming and John Murphy

SUPERHERO/FANTASY/ACTION

Starring:  David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced, Skyler Gisondo, Maria Gabriela de Faria, Sara Sampaio, Wendell Pierce, Beck Bennett, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Neva Howell, Bradley Cooper, Angela Sarafyan, and Sean Gunn

SUMMARY OF REVIEW:
-- I am not crazy about the plot and narrative of the James Gunn's new Superman film, but I really like its cast and its interpretation of the characters, especially David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman.

-- I heartily recommend that fans of Superman movies get in on the ground floor of this new beginning


Superman is a 2025 American superhero, fantasy, and action film from writer-director James Gunn.  It is the first film in the new DC Comics cinematic universe known as the “DC Universe.”  The character, Superman, first appeared in the comic book, Action Comics #1 (on-sale date of April 18, 1938), and was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, who also created other characters and situations related to Superman.  In Superman, the embodiment of truth, justice, and the human way must reconcile his desire to help humanity with a shocking revelation about his alien heritage.

Superman opens threes years after the metahuman, Superman (David Corenswet), revealed himself to the people of Metropolis.  His alter-ego, Clark Kent (David Corenswet), works as a reporter for “The Daily Planet,” where he has a relationship with fellow reporter, Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan).  Lois knows that Clark is Superman.  She knows that he is Kal-El, a baby sent from the planet, Krypton, by rocket ship to Earth.  Lois also knows that Clark was raised in Smallville, Kansas by his adoptive parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent (Pruitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell), a fact he has kept secrets from others.

Superman recently stopped the country of Boravia, an ally of the United States, from invading its neighboring country, Jarhanpur.  As the film begins, Superman has just received a beat-down from Boravia's own metahuman, the Hammer of Boravia.  Things are not as they seem, however, as brilliant billionaire Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) has launched a secret plot to destroy Superman, whom he sees not as a superhero, but as an existential alien threat to mankind.  With the help of his lackeys, Ultraman and The Engineer (Maria Gabriela de Faria), Luthor believes that he has the science and technology – the brain power – to beat Superman.

But Superman is not the only metahuman who is a superhero.  He occasionally gets help from the “Justice Gang”:  Michael Holt/Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi), Guy Gardner/Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), and Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced).  And Clark Kent will need all the friends he can get; a complete version of the broken message his Kryptonian parents, Jor-El (Bradley Cooper) and Lara Lor-Van (Angela Sarafyan), sent with him has come to light.  Now, some of the people of the world are starting to feel differently about Superman just when they need him the most.

Superman is a good film, but not a great film.  Overall, I like it, but I found myself rather cool to it as I watched it in a local theater last night.  I must admit that I felt the same way about the previous two attempts to reboot the Superman film franchise, director Bryan Singer's Superman Returns (2006) and director Zack Snyder's Man of Steel (2013).  Like Superman (2025), the plot and narratives of these earlier films are over-stuffed with subplots, settings, and characters that make the overall plot and narrative struggle to come together.  The over-stuffings are like roadblocks that force the central plot and narrative to veer off their most obvious and productive path.  I don't think the new Superman is as awkward in these areas as the aforementioned Superman reboots, but I do believe that the new film spends its first half bouncing around ideas, subplots, themes, relationships and conflicts.  To me, it is obvious that Superman 2025 borrows the big action set pieces of Man of Steel and also follows Superman Return's veneration of director Richard Donner and star Christopher Reeve's respective work on the Superman film franchise (1978-87).

There are things about the new Superman film that I really like.  I think the actors and the way they play the characters, for the most part, are nearly perfect.  The best thing about David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman is that he is the first actor that I have accepted as a true heir to the late Christopher Reeve (1952-2004), who is the gold standard when it comes to a cinematic Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman.  In a way, Superman 2025 offers its audience a vision of Superman as the quintessential nice guy the way Christopher Reeve and Superman: The Movie (1978) did.

Also, Rachel Brosnahan is a true heir to my favorite cinematic Lois Lane, the late Margot Kidder (1948-2018), Christopher Reeve's co-star.  I also got a kick out of Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific.  I liked him in his early roles in such films as Twilight (2008) and X-Men: First Class (2011), and I'd like to see him play Mister Terrific as a lead in either film or television.  I like Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, but the character is played way too over-the-top, but I think Hoult as Luther will be a huge benefit to future DC Universe films.

I obviously don't like James Gunn's Superman as much as I enjoyed his work on Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, which ended with the fantastic Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).  Still, the new Superman is both a fresh start and a start in the right direction.

6 of 10
B
★★★ out of 4 stars

Friday, July 11, 2025


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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 6th to 12th, 2025 - UPDATE #10

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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NEWS:

STREAMING - From Variety:  HBO Max has greenlit "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe," a spinoff of CBS's former hit sitcom, "The Big Bang Theory."  The series was first announced as being in development in 2023.  The new series will focus on comic book store owner, Stuart Bloom (Kevin Sussman).

MOVIES - From Variety:  The third film in director Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" series will not be entitled "Dune: Messiah."  The title is "Dune: Part Three."

STREAMING - From THRHBO Max has decided to cancel the retro-action comedy series, "Duster," from showrunners J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan and starring Josh Holloway.  The new series had excellent critics and audience reviews, but it apparently did not make the Nielsen streaming Top 10.

MOVIES - From TheGuardian:  Discussing the difference in how male directors are treated after they direct a hit and female directors after they direct a hit film, Catherine Hardwicke says that she got a mini-cupcake after her 2008 film, "Twilight," became a blockbuster hit.

DC STUDIOS - From VarietyJames Gunn's "Superman" premiere just happened.  The early reactions to the film are very good.

AMAZON - From THRDanai Gurira ("Black Panther," "The Walking Dead") is joining director-star Michael B. Jordan in Amazon MGM Studios' re-imagining of "The Thomas Crown Affair."

From Deadline:  Oscar-nominee Lily Gladstone ("Killers of the Flower Moon") will join Michael B. Jordan in Amazon MGM Studios' re-imagining of "The Thomas Crown Affair."  Jordan will star in and direct the film.

From DeadlineKenneth Branagh has joined the cast of director Michael B. Jordan's re-imagining of "The Thomas Crown Affair" for Amazon MGM StudiosCharles Roven ("Oppenheimer") will produce the film with Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo via their Outlier Society banner.
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MOVIES - From DeadlineJohn M. Chu will direct a movie based on the "Hot Wheels" toy line for Mattel, Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. Pictures.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 7/4 to 7/6/2025 weekend box office is Universal Studios' "Jurassic World Rebirth" with an estimated take of 91.5 million dollars.

From Variety:  "Jurassic World Rebirth" has won the five-day Fourth of July holiday weekend with an estimated take of 147.3 million dollars.


Thursday, July 10, 2025

WaterTower Music Announces the Release of the Soundtrack from James Gunn's "SUPERMAN"

SUPERMAN (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Available Now

MUSIC BY JOHN MURPHY AND DAVID FLEMING 

ORIGINAL SUPERMAN THEME BY JOHN WILLIAMS

AVAILABLE NOW DIGITALLY

2XLP VINYL PRE-ORDER – 7/11

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WaterTower Music has released the highly anticipated Superman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), featuring music from composers John Murphy and David Fleming as featured in Superman from director/writer/producer James Gunn and DC Studios, which opens in US theaters July 11, 2025. Mondoshop.com will be starting pre-order of the 2x LP vinyl on July 11th with 2 different color options: - Blue/ Red / White Spinner and - Solid Red / Blue

To meet the scale of Superman, James Gunn turned to longtime collaborator John Murphy, who introduced sweeping new themes for Lois and Clark and Lex Luthor, while reimagining John Williams' iconic Superman melody with a striking electric guitar arrangement. Emmy-winning composer David Fleming later joined the project, contributing bold new orchestral arrangements of the Williams theme alongside fresh, character-driven motifs for the Justice Gang, the Daily Planet, and Krypto. Together, their dynamic score ensures Superman soars for a new generation.

Murphy shares, "From the start, James and I knew we wanted to honor Superman’s legacy while creating something bold and new. There’s such purity in the character, and I wanted that reflected in the music - noble, orchestral, timeless, while still finding moments to experiment and push the boundaries."

Fleming adds, "There’s a deep emotional core to this Superman, and musically it was about tapping into that humanity. Reimagining the iconic theme while building new ones. From The Daily Planet to the Justice Gang, it was a chance to explore his world in a way that felt classic and completely fresh."

Superman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Tracklisting:

1. Home - David Fleming
2. Last Son - David Fleming
3. Hammer of Boravia - David Fleming
4. LuthorCorp - John Murphy
5. The Daily Planet - David Fleming
6. Lois & Clark - John Murphy
7. Eyes Up Here - David Fleming
8. Justice Gang vs. Kaiju - David Fleming
9. Intruders - David Fleming
10. The Message - David Fleming & John Murphy
11. Secret Harem - David Fleming & John Murphy
12. The Real Punk Rock - John Murphy
13. Pocket Universe - David Fleming
14. 5 Years Time - Noah And The Whale
15. Something Like a Sun - David Fleming & John Murphy
16. Jailbreak - David Fleming
17. The River Pi - David Fleming
18. Take the T-Craft - David Fleming & John Murphy
19. Your Choices, Your Actions - David Fleming
20. Raising the Flag - John Murphy
21. The Rift - David Fleming
22. Bases Loaded - David Fleming
23. Speeding Bullet - David Fleming
24. Remote Control - David Fleming & John Murphy
25. Upgrade - David Fleming & John Murphy
26. Driven by Envy - David Fleming & John Murphy
27. Look Up - David Fleming
28. Being Human - David Fleming
29. Luthor the Traitor - John Murphy
30. Metropolis - David Fleming & John Murphy
31. Walking on Air - John Murphy
32. Punkrocker (feat. Iggy Pop) - Teddybears
33. The Mighty Crabjoys Theme - The Mighty Crabjoys

Soundtrack is also available via Amazon Music.


ABOUT SUPERMAN:
Superman, DC Studios’ first feature film to hit the big screen, soars into theaters worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures. In his signature style, James Gunn takes on the original Super Hero in the newly imagined DC universe with a singular blend of epic action, humor and heart, delivering a Superman who’s driven by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humankind. DC Studios heads Peter Safran and Gunn are producing the film, which Gunn directs from his own screenplay, based on characters from DC, Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

When Superman is drawn into conflicts both abroad and at home, his actions to protect humankind are questioned, and his vulnerability allows tech billionaire and master deceiver Lex Luthor to leverage the opportunity to get Superman out of the way for good. Will the Daily Planet’s intrepid reporter Lois Lane, together with the aid of Metropolis’s other metahumans and Superman’s own four-legged companion, Krypto, be able to help Superman before Luthor can completely destroy him?

DC Studios Presents a Troll Court Entertainment/The Safran Company Production, A James Gunn Film, Superman will be in theaters and IMAX® nationwide on July 11, 2025, and internationally beginning July 9, 2025, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

ABOUT JOHN MURPHY:
Liverpool born John Murphy began scoring movies at the age of 25. In 2001, following the success of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, he moved to Los Angeles.

Since then he has worked with some of the industry's most respected and luminary filmmakers, including James Gunn, Michael Mann, Danny Boyle, and Guy Ritchie, producing film scores as prominent and diverse as 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Kick-Ass, The Suicide Squad, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

His movie trailers include Captain America, X-Men, Ready Player One, and Avatar, and his music has been featured in advertising campaigns for Nike, Microsoft, Google, and Apple.

After Kick-Ass Murphy set up the record label Taped Noise and began work on several non-movie projects. His latest film, Superman, released on July 11, is his fourth collaboration with James Gunn.

ABOUT DAVID FLEMING:
David Fleming is an Emmy-winning American composer who has written music for film and television including most recently, Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us, collaborating once again with Gustavo Santaolalla, and James Gunn’s upcoming DC film Superman.

David's score for Ron Howard’s Jim Henson: Idea Man earned him a Primetime Emmy Award as well as the ASCAP Composer’s Choice Award for Documentary Score of the Year, with his work on Amazon’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith bringing him a second Emmy nomination. David composed the score for the BBC's acclaimed Blue Planet II alongside Hans Zimmer, which marked the start of a collaborative relationship with the Academy Award-winning composer, encompassing scores for both Dune films and Top Gun: Maverick. David's sweeping orchestral fantasy score for Netflix's Damsel marked his first solo feature, while his dark electronic work alongside Gustavo Santaolla on HBO's The Last of Us won ASCAP's Composer's Choice Award for Television Score of the Year.

In addition, David recently composed the score for A24's Eternity and the neo-western Americana, both of which are slated for 2025 releases.

ABOUT WATERTOWER MUSIC:
WaterTower Music, the in-house label for the Warner Bros Discovery companies, releases recorded music as rich and diverse as the companies themselves. It has been the soundtrack home to many of the world’s most iconic films, television shows and games since 2001.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Review: "SUPERMAN III" is Good, Bad and Ugly

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 30 of 2025 (No. 2036) by Leroy Douresseaux

Superman III (1983)
Running time:  125 minutes (2 hours, 5 minutes)
MPAA – PG
DIRECTOR:  Richard Lester
WRITERS:  David Newman and Leslie Newman (based characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and on characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics)
PRODUCER:  Pierre Spengler
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Robert Paynter (D.o.P.)
EDITOR:  John Victor Smith
COMPOSER:  Ken Thorne

SUPERHERO/FANTASY/COMEDY

Starring:  Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole, Robert Vaughn, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Gavan O'Herlihy, Paul Kaethler, and Margot Kidder

Superman III is a 1983 American superhero film and comic-fantasy from director Richard Lester.  The film is the third in the “Superman” film series, which began with 1978's Superman (also known as Superman: The Movie).  The character, Superman, first appeared in the comic book, Action Comics #1 (on-sale date of April 18, 1938) and was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, who also created other characters and situations related to Superman.  In Superman III, Superman becomes the target of a greedy entrepreneur and a computer genius when they realize that he will obstruct their plans for wealth and world domination.

Superman III opens at an unemployment office in MetropolisAugust “Gus” Gorman (Richard Pryor) has discovered that his employment checks have run out, but by chance he discovers information about a school where he can learn to be a computer programmer.  Soon, Gus is working for the conglomerate, Webscoe Industries, where he uses his amazing computer skills to secretly embezzle over $85,000 from the company payroll.

However, Gus' activities do draw the attention of Webscoe's boss, Ross Webster (Robert Vaughn), and his sister and partner, Vera Webster (Annie Ross).  Ross is obsessed with the idea of using technology in order to gain financial domination over the world.  With the help of Annie and his tawdry mistress, Lorelei Ambrosia (Pamela Stephenson), Ross blackmails Gus into using his fantastic computer skills to begin a series of evil tech schemes.

Meanwhile, over at “The Daily Planet,” Metropolis' top newspaper, Clark Kent/Superman (Christopher Reeve) is preparing to return to his hometown of Smallville for his high school reunion, the Class of 1965.  He wants to use the reunion as the subject of a feature article, so he takes Daily Planet photographer, Jimmy Olsen (Marc McClure), with him.  At the reunion, Clark reconnects with his childhood friend, Lana Lang (Annette O'Toole), much to the chagrin of Clark's former high school bully, Brad Wilson (Gavan O'Herlihy).

While Clark enjoys his time with Lana and also bonds with her young son, Ricky (Paul Kaethler), Ross and Gus have launched their diabolical plans.  Even the Daily Planet's star reporter, Lois Lane (Margot Kidder), ends up being a victim of their moves.  When Ross discovers that Superman be an obstruction to his schemes, he forces Gus to find a way to destroy Superman, and those methods of destruction may come very close defeating the Man of Steel.

Superman III was not nearly the box office success that its predecessors, Superman: The Movie and Superman II (1980) were.  Some fans and critics blamed the film's shortcomings on having Richard Pryor as a cast member.  Some people may remember that Paramount Pictures was considering adding Eddie Murphy as a star of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.  Many of the science fiction and comic book fans that I knew at the time insisted that because Richard Pryor “ruined” Superman III, a science fiction film could not have a “Black comedian” in it or it would be similarly ruined.  They predicted doom and gloom for the fourth Star Trek feature film, but Murphy eventually passed on it to star in The Golden Child (1986).  These early fans that I met were racist and stupid, and, at the time, I thought their opinions about “Blacks” in genre films were racist and stupid.  I am glad that my association with them was short-lived.

Anyway, Pryor, one of the most influential American stand-up comedians of all-time, was known for his raunchy, adult-oriented act during the 1970s.  Into the 1980s, however, he became a more cuddly figure, appearing in a number of mainstream and even family-friendly films.  Although I was surprised that Pryor was cast in Superman III, I thought he was one of the few good things about the film when I first saw it in a theater back in 1983.  I still think that.

Superman III is mediocre because the screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman, or at least what made it to screen, is awkward and sometimes illogical.  Superman III's director, Richard Lester, was a very capable director during his active career; I am still a fan of his 1973 film, The Three Musketeers.  Lester is controversial a figure in the annals of Superman cinema because of the production of Superman II, which I don't feel like getting into right this moment.  Speaking strictly of Superman III, Lester and the Newmans did get one thing right.

When Superman III focuses on the jovial and genial nature of the film's characters, it is quite lovable.  Clark, Lois, Lana, Ricky, Gus, Jimmy, the Daily Planet editor Perry White (Jackie Cooper), and even the film's ostensible villains:  Brad, Ross, Vera, and Lorelei all come across as endearing.  I enjoyed getting to know them as eccentric characters and character types.  When the focus moves to Superman III's conflict/plot, the film turns simply ridiculous.

Almost a day after watching the entirety of Superman III for the first time in 32 years, I'm still thinking about it.  And yes, I like Richard Pryor in this film as much as I like Christopher Reeve, the star of four Superman films from 1978 to 1987, returning to play his signature role.  I don't mind the comic nature of Superman III, especially as some modern superhero movies are too damn dark.  However, it has too many ideas, and too many of them are handled in the most nonsensical manner.  Still, I can't help but kind of like Superman III because it is full of nice people.

5 of 10
B-
★★½ out of 4 stars


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Monday, July 7, 2025

Advanced Comics Review: "THE MAGIC ORDER 5 #6" - Death Becomes Her

THE MAGIC ORDER V #6 (OF 6)
DARK HORSE COMICS/Netflix

STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Matteo Buffagni
COLORS: Giovanna Niro with Laura Ciondolini
LETTERS: Clem Robins
EDITOR: Daniel Chabon
EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin
COVER: Matteo Buffagni with Giovanna Niro
VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Matteo Buffagni
32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (July 2025)

Rating: 18+

The Magic Order created by Mark Millar at Netflix

“The Death of Cordelia Moonstone”

The Magic Order 5 is a six-issue miniseries from writer Mark Millar and artist Matteo Buffagni.  This is the fifth installment of The Magic Order series, which began with the 2018-19 miniseries written by Millar and drawn by Olivier Coipel.  The Magic Order is a band of sorcerers, magicians, and wizards – with a focus on the Moonstone family and its leader, Cordelia Moonstone – that live ordinary lives by day, but protect humanity from darkness and monsters of impossible sizes by night.  Colorist Giovanna Niro and letterer Clem Robins complete the series creative team.

The Magic Order 5 finds Cordelia preparing for her death – the punishment for using black magic (back in Volume 1).  However, a new case has dropped itself in front of her, but it all may be a front for some really bad people trying to collect the price on Cordelia's head.  Cordelia Moonstone is going to die soon... and there's nothing she can do about it.  The end is coming in a matter of days.

The Magic Order 5 #6 opens in New Jersey where Cordelia battles Grandmaster Samuel Mott, leader of “the Fellowship of the Bell.”  Mott is just a-wringing that “Bell,” which has summoned the Fellowship's ancient gods, a group of Lovecraftian monsters.  And they are almost here.

The saga of The Magic Order concludes, and everything has been building towards “the death of Cordelia Moonstone.”  When she goes, however, there won't be anyone left to protect the world from the forces of darkness that want to consume us.  Can she bring The Magic Order together in time to save the world if not save herself?

THE LOWDOWN:  This is the second time that I have been on any kind of list that provides PDF copies of titles published by Dark Horse Comics.  The latest received is The Magic Order V #6.

It is possible for each issue of The Magic Order 5 to be crazier than the previous issue, but the sixth and final issue of this series is not about the possibilities of craziness, but it is about the destination.  Perhaps, all previous issues of this franchise were about the journey, so now Issue #6 is about the grand finale and the big goodbye.  The Magic Order is Mark Millar's best and most imaginative work, as far as I'm concerned, and along the way, his scripts became glorious comic book storytelling thanks to some really talented artists who brought The Magic Order to life.

Concerning The Magic Order V's brilliant artist-storyteller, Matteo Buffagni, I said the following in my review of Issue #5 of the series:  “Line by line, artist Matteo Buffagni has created in The Magic Order V a world of such fearsome darkness, treacherous magic, and magical treachery that mesmerizes the reader.”  That is true to the end.  Buffagni unleashes the power and the glory, and the gorgeous hues of Giovanna Niro helps with the glory.  As always, Clem Robins uses his lettering to create a soundtrack of destruction, but this time, he adds the sounds of resolution for this outro.

So this is the end of The Magic Order.  Thanks to Mark Millar for this comic book that should serve as a model for DC Comics' Dr. Fate and Marvel Comics' Doctor Strange.  Thanks to Matteo, Giovanna, and Clem for the super-graphics.  Dear readers, if you have not read The Magic Order yet, I suggest do so now.  Or you can invest in Dark Horse Comics' library editions of this series – one of the best comic books about magic ever.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Mark Millar and of The Magic Order will want to read The Magic Order V.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

You can preorder THE MAGIC ORDER V trade paperback collection at Amazon.


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