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questions of meaning. Michelles father, Fraser, offers her an example of hard work and stoicism as he quietly accepts his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and continues to be lovingly present for his family despite his growing disability. Nasty Norca -- suggests. Victor -- Richard Petrocelli Balthazar -- Felix Solis Rooftop -- Ron Cephas Jones Father Lux -- Mark Hammer Flip -- Russell G. Jones Gail -- Scott Hudson (Union Square); David Deblinger (Center Stage, NY Inez -- Portia Norca -- Liza Colon-Zayas Edwin -- David Zayas Pinky -- Al Roffe Marcia -- Elizabeth Canavan Sonia -- Melissa Feldman. up and down all over the place in a constant rush of motion, much like
We're sorry, SparkNotes Plus isn't available in your country. A group of old friends find themselves at Harlem's Ortiz Funeral Home to mourn the death of a beloved nun from their childhood. Youve successfully purchased a group discount. Vic: There are limits -- I don't give a shit! Harlem, like most of Manhattan, has morphed into something new with the inevitable onset of urban development and gentrification. Balthazar: You are aware that you're not wearing pants? designed
AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright AudioFile, Portland, Maine, Guirgis already belongs on the list of accomplished young American playwrights that includes Suzan-Lori Parks and David Auburn. Bruce Weber, The New York Times MagazineThe best new play in a decade. The New York ObserverGuirgis has a hilarious, sympathetic, terrific ear . Michelle Obamas memoir traces her life, but it focuses on the theme of becoming: she believes that one becomes oneself over time and that the self is always growing and changing. Each member of Michelles family serves a role in the development of her bright mind and exploration of her abilities and interests. Sarah Michelle Gellar Remembers That Time Pedro Pascal Was on. A member of the LABrynth Theater Company and the MCC Playwrights Coalition, Guirgis is the recipient of new play commissions from South Coast Repertory and The Manhattan Theatre Club. and now in "Our Lady of 121st Street." A member of the LABrynth Theater Company and the MCC Playwrights Coalition, Guirgis is the recipient of new play commissions from South Coast Repertory and The Manhattan Theatre Club. Stephen Adly Guirgis has been hailed as one of the most promising playwrights at work in America today. As the play begins, we discover that Sister Rose's body has disappeared; the funeral room where the empty casket sits is closed off as a crime scene and the mourners are forced to hang around waiting for news. Setting In and around the Ortiz Funeral Home, Harlem. Balthazar: Where'd you sleep last night, Vic? , all published by Faber. An irreverently brash and insightful dark comedy, Our Lady of 121st Street paints a vivid comic portrait of what happens when old friends meet old wounds and how old habits die hard. The result is that the vigor and power of this Our Lady belong to its actors, while the play itself feels a little defanged, awaiting a rendition that more fluently unites its sparks of roiling, pent-up rage into a full blaze. Vreeke, Our Lady is always engaging. What did Rose ever do till the day she died but be a fuckin' living saint on this earth to deserve this . This character-driven, dark comedy revolves around the death of Sister Rose, a nun who was much loved by an uptown neighborhood's residents. Demons should shit in his mouth daily, the Irish punk! with a much-praised novel about the Holocaust based on the fates of his
He also captures the conflicted emotions of anger and love towards his mentally damaged brother, Pinky (Al Roffe). SparkNotes PLUS disc
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How has the idea of Gods love become associated with an often cold and predatory institution like the church? Directed by John Vreeke. The miking allows the performers to explore their vocal and emotional ranges unfettered by the need to "fill the hall" with their voices. Environment: The environment of our scene is a bar and grill on 121st street at 2 a. m. in the morning. He is a former co-artistic director of Labyrinth Theater Company. Rooftop answers, Yeah, well, that explains a lot!. Director Phylicia Rashad has assembled an exceptional cast to tackle Guirgiss visceral dialogue that riffs and improvises like a great jazz set. These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. the empty coffin hovers over everything. Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group. It has all of the edginess of Guirgis's earlier works, yet it is also surprisingly funny, spiritual, and touching. Our Lady of 121st Street Character Inez Gender Female Age Range Adult Style Dramatic Act/Scene Act 2, Scene 3 Time & Place Main Viewing Room of a Funeral Home, 5 a.m. Performance highlights include Hill Harper as Rooftop, a radio personality who has left the neighborhood for L.A.s bright lights: Quincy Tyler Bernstine as Inez, his sharp-tongued ex-wife who is dressed to kill but whose words do the real damage; Paola Lzaro as Norca, a fiery Latina looking for a fight; and John Procaccino as Victor, the local cop in search of the sisters missing body who bears the weight of a family tragedy through alcohol. Guirgis created a dozen
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Her mother, Marians, decision to teach her to read at an early age shows her keen attentiveness to Michelles intelligence. then another quickly comes along to distract. Still, no contemporary playwright is better at the long game of setting up jokes, and making them pay unexpected philosophical dividends. . fascinating
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Crackhead junkies, politicians, reporters, screaming babies, I had ta leave. Together for the first time in decades, past passions and grievances are reignited and old wounds reopened. Loaded with characters superbly portrayed by an energetic cast, and with each member grinding his or her personal ax very publicly, this crisply recorded play finds its characters ultimately resolving their issues. $24-$52. Every year, the Robinsons, plus an aunt and two cousins, spend a week at a resort. Oates suggested that Siegl's voice
Please try again. The car becomes an extension of their second-floor apartment on Euclid Avenue as they talk and eat while traveling to other neighborhoods to explore other parts of Chicago and beyond. Listen to a New Single from Bad Cinderella. Speaking to the universal themes of loss, regret, and recovery, Our Lady of 121st Street is the quintessential play to welcome audiences back to the live experience of theatre. a debilitating neurological ailment. Take the edge off? with Shupe in the title role. * Holidays marked with an asterisk (*) begin at sundown on the previous day. I cant quote most of it. But even without curses the back-and-forth is biting. Too many characters characters who are too over-the-top too many stereotypes too pointless. anti-Semite
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Originally produced by LAByrinth Theater Company at Center Stage/NY. You'll also receive an email with the link. He is a talented basketball player and has an easy time making friends, whereas Michelle is less sociable and prefers to stay at home. Sister Roses longtime friend what would be considered in the popular imagination to be a typical New Yorker. his
Cutting they may be, but Mr. Guirgiss characters are never merely indulging in insult comedy. 20% Mabie Theatre In this riotously funny, startlingly spiritual play, a group of former students reunite in their Harlem neighborhood to pay respects to their beloved and feared teacher, Sister Rose. The actor's facial expressions are priceless, particularly in the Act I scene in which Edwin meets Sister Rose's niece, Marcia (Elizabeth Canavan). impose my own take on the writing," says Vreeke, after Oates, a D.H.
The slow decline of the Robinson familys South Shore neighborhood described in these early chapters represents a major setback for Black America as a whole: the larger migration of more affluent American families away from the cities and into the suburbs. Their family is full of music lovers, especially on Michelles mothers sidepeople like Grandfather Shields, Robbies younger brother, who likes to play albums on his elaborate stereo system. Craig Wallace is a standout with his tempered
Was it because she was a good person? White male early 50s Italian-American. Though Harlem has changed over the past 15 years, Our Lady of 121st Street transcends time and place by exploring themes that continue to resonate: our obligation to family, self-worth, how we love, unresolved anger, regret. He lives in New York City. Gathered in this volume is his current off-Broadway hit, Our Lady of 121st Street, a comic portrait of the graduates of a Harlem Catholic school reunited at the funeral of a beloved teacher, along with his two previous plays: the philosophical jailhouse drama Jesus Hopped the A Train and In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings, an Iceman Cometh for the Giuliani era that looks at the effect of Times Square's gentrification on its less desirable inhabitants. Flip wants Gail to tone down his gayness a few notches, as Flip is not out to the childhood friends he'll soon be seeing, and Gail seizes on this to question their entire relationship. Solis conveys a wealth of emotion with the subtlest change of expression; still traumatized and guilt-ridden over the death of his son several years earlier, Balthazar's self-destructive behavior is painfully real and emotionally devastating. An irreverently brash and insightful dark comedy, Our Lady of 121st Streetpaints a vivid comic portrait of what happens when old friends meet old wounds and how old habits die hard. The women of, Sam Levinson and the Weeknd Allegedly Turned, Theres No Red Button You Can Push to Stop. I was recently in Harlem, having taken my dog to a local groomer that was about 15 bucks cheaper than if I had chosen a now-trendy Hells Kitchen locale. I
On Kindle Scribe, you can add sticky notes to take handwritten notes in supported book formats. Beloved Sister Rose who long slaved away at the eponymous school has died and someone has stolen her body. Did their objectives make sense to you given the theme of the play? NOTICE: The University of Iowa Center for Advancement is an operational name for the State University of Iowa Foundation, an independent, Iowa nonprofit corporation organized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, publicly supported charitable entity working to advance the University of Iowa. change,"
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All this "needle exchange," "alcoholic drunk tank" she had runnin' up here? Stephen Adly Guirgis Plot Act One Scene 1 A cop named Balthazar has come to the Ortiz Funeral Home to investigate the disappearance of a corpse. Privacy Information|Emergency Information|Nondiscrimination Statement. And this? It will be one of the hottest tickets in town, the reserved characters she usually plays. But the characters of this Our Lady of 121st Street all scrappy, surly fighters have too much breathing room. She has recently passed, and to the shock of everyone in the area, her dead body has been stolen overnight. The Mourning After
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Although her father never finished community college, he has a steady job at a water filtration plant that allows the family to afford a few modest luxuries. in English. Its nun versus AI in Damon Lindelofs new series. family history and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Loaded with characters superbly portrayed by an energetic cast, and with each member grinding his or her personal ax very publicly, this crisply recorded play finds its characters ultimately resolving their issues. Navigating it is a fight, living in it a daily battle of wills. Once the blame game gets underway, each schoolmate bares
American neighborhood, has been stolen from the casket. When a beloved Sister serving at a Brooklyn parish dies, her passing brings together a bevy of her now-grown former students and wards who experience her loss, in part, by confronting their feelings about their childhoods. The production stage manager was Monica Moore. Now revived by Signature Theatre, the play follows a group of interconnected characters confront one another at Sister Roses funeral. Our Lady of 121st Street A handful of characters trailing a veritable flotilla of emotional baggage gather to mourn the death of Sister Rose a stern but devoted nun who drank herself to death in. Special Thanks Maybe you grew up in a godless jungle, but I remember when the world was not this! educator
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After Michelle complains about her boring, unruly second-grade class, her mother gets Michelle and several other gifted students moved up into a better-run third-grade class. (l to r) Joey Auzenne and John Procaccino in Our Lady of 121st Street. (Photo: Monique Carboni). There is the bluster of Brian
in the 1890s. Vic: I knew her my whole life since we were six, for Christ's sake. Though Michelle and Craigs South Shore neighborhood world is small, their fathers Buick Electra 225, which the Robinson family lovingly dubs the Deuce and a Quarter, allows Michelle and her brother to safely view the larger world around them. And they arent even the worst of the miscreants that the playwright, Stephen Adly Guirgis, has yanked from his darkly comic imagination. Many of the most intriguing
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Together for the first time in decades past passions and grievances are reignited and old wounds reopened. Subsequently produced at the Union Square Theatre by the LAByrinth Theater Company, John Gould Rubin, Ira Pittelman, Robyn Goodman, Ruth Hendel, and Daryl Roth on March 6, 2003. Theatre which was, after all, not originally designed to house staged
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We might wince at some of Victors terminology, and wed probably more than wince at his politics if we got the details on that front, but part of the lasting oomph of Guirgiss writing is that he puts into the mouth of a man that many of us might avoid on the train a desolate, desperate sentiment that feels all too shared and present. Our Lady of 121st Street. Speaking to the universal themes of loss, regret, and recovery, Our Lady of 121st Street is the quintessential play to welcome audiences back to the live experience of theatre. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. OUR LADY OF 121ST STREET Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis Directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman Performed by the LAByrinth Theater Company Union Square Theatre New York City open run. Hoffman directed the premieres of Guirgis's last two plays. For information, call 713-743-2929 or visit www.theatredance . In one of the plays strongest scenes, she hits Rooftop with all shes got You killed my heart, Walter! Things you buy through our links may earnNew Yorka commission. thing
It has all of the edginess of Guirgiss earlier works yet it is also surprisingly funny spiritual and touching. the dialogue. The character is a fascinating combination of major insecurities and virulent self-centeredness, and Deblinger somehow manages not to let his portrayal slip too far into stereotype; instead, he emotionally grounds the character so that his bittersweet journey within the play is clearly motivated. When she later intervenes at Michelles school, helping create a gifted classroom where Michelle can thrive, Marian prevents Michelle from being stifled by an ill-equipped educator. emotional
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Balthazar: I wasn't aware of her history --. A series of mostly two- and three-person scenes that dont drive forward so much as accumulate. To 1/2/05. Why or why not? Michelles childhood neighborhood is small and filled with supportive family. No surprise, then, that there are so many whiners and wastrels to be found on New York stages, from the meat-pie maniacs of Sweeney Todd to ONeills Tyrones, abusing drugs and one another. Stephen Adly Guirgiss Our Lady of 121st Street is a play full of combustible energy that would benefit from compression and claustrophobia but. and
From left, Hill Harper, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Dierdre Friel and Kevin Isola in Our Lady of 121st Street at the Signature Theater. Guirgis is careful not to idealize the good Sister; it's. scream and yell and bellow than it is to get to what the real
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In Our Lady of 121st Street, first produced by the Labyrinth Theater in 2002, the issues are more existential. To MGSI, Architectural Glass + Metal for the donation of plexiglass for this production. He will later buy Michelle her first album, Stevie Wonders Talking Book. he heightens the rhythms of the street until there is a brilliant, buoyant cacophony. Donald Lyons, New York PostAn important new playwright has arrived. The New Yorker. What are they to do but rage? Reprinted by permission. "I would write a scene as if it were a play. that
Los Angeles County said all litigation over the crash has now been resolved. Renews March 8, 2023 Our Lady of 121st Street Oct 08, 2021 to Oct 16, 2021 By: Stephen Adly Guirgis Directed by: Mary Beth Easley Location: E.C. drifter damaged by an abusive childhood and an equally rough young
Our Lady of 121st Street Stephen Adly Guirgis 3.74 279 ratings21 reviews NA Genres Plays Theatre Drama Audiobook Fiction 58 pages, Unknown Binding First published May 1, 2004 Book details & editions About the author Stephen Adly Guirgis 11 books63 followers Stephen Adly Guirgis is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor. "Our Lady" has just been revived by Signature Theatre in an off-Broadway production directed by Phylicia Rashad, whose acting credentials need no repeating but who is now trying her hand as a. would work on [the scene] as if it were a novel," filling in
has been stolen. Swarms of reporters, journalists, and gossipmongers descend on the mansion in the aftermath of the murder. Train"
As they bounce off of each other with old hurts and the harsh realities of grown-up life, a murder mystery (and a few lives) begins to unravel. Michelles story begins in late-1960s Chicago, in a South Shore bungalow. Continue to start your free trial. Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Hill Harper, and Dierdre Friel in, This password will be used to sign into all, All 165 Pink Floyd Songs Ranked, From Worst to Best, Okay, TikTok, You Can Calm Down About Aubrey Plaza at the SAG Awards Now, Bad Projection Is Ruining the Movie Theater Experience.
with a load of problems of his own. Vanessa Bryant Settles Helicopter-Crash Photo Lawsuit for $28.85 Million. By signing up you agree to our terms and privacy policy. 202-393-3939. Scene 1: Ortiz Funeral Home. On her first trip to the suburbs, Michelles uneasy feeling arises from the lack of livelihood and visual diversity in the Stewarts neighborhood. and much of their history will remain unexplained. When was the last time a bar in New York felt that roomy? has vanished. Alma, who grew up listening to anti-Semitic rants, nurses
Stephen Adly Guirgis play Our Lady of 121st Street is too. When his third work Our Lady of 121st Street debuted in 2002 the New York Times stated Stephen Adly Guirgis may be the best American playwright under 40. Raw gritty and rancorously funny Our Lady of 121st Street is a deeply human character study of people in an elusive search for redemption. Vic: I slept here last night, and my name is Victor, not Vic. A brilliant example of this is when Marcia tries to comfort Edwin after an emotional blow-out with his brother. "Our Lady" opens at a funeral home, where the body
. We are sorry. It turns out that Edwin blames himself for his brother's condition (as a child, he threw a brick out the window and it landed on Pinky's head) and is attempting a kind of penance through self-abnegation. The production is a curious creature: Its powered by a number of individually gutsy performances, yet, taken as a whole, its punch doesnt quite hit the gut. The acting ensemble overcomes the challenge, though, digging their heels into the unresolved conflicts that unfold. Girl," slated for a world-premiere run Jan. 11-Feb. 20 at Theater J. Famously prolific as a novelist, essayist, short story
Raw gritty and rancorously funny Our Lady of 121st Street is a deeply human character study of people in an elusive search for redemption. D.J.B.
Theres only one problem, the body has gone missing from Ortiz Funeral Home. In other areas of life, however, Craig is the gifted one. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. A little nip? He takes care of his READ MORE - PRO MEMBERS ONLY. Writing two years after Gatsby's death, Nick describes the events that surrounded the funeral. is
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Sister Rose's death -- and subsequent disappearance from her casket -- serves as catalyst for the arrival of Guirgis' clan of old friends and foes, who meet at the funeral home only to learn that their beloved teacher has vanished. trust in God, and Roseanne Medina is as deliciously caustic as her name
But if you wanna walk around all these years later still tryin ta play dead, dass your waste, not mine. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Subsequently produced at the Union Square Theatre by the LAByrinth Theater Company, John Gould Rubin, Ira Pittelman, Robyn Goodman, Ruth Hendel, and Daryl Roth on March 6, 2003. Hopped the "A" Train. Department of Theatre Arts Fittingly, the structure of Our Lady of 121st Street is circular, too: a series of mostly two- and three-person scenes that dont drive forward so much as accumulate. "Joyce knows . Character description analysis and casting breakdown for Rooftop from Our Lady of 121st Street. least
Craig quickly makes new friends on the basketball court, but Michelle and her parents find the environment sterile. Showing 1 to 3 of 4 entries. When a beloved Sister serving at a Brooklyn parish dies, her passing brings together a bevy of her now-grown former students and wards who experience her loss, in part, by confronting their feelings about their childhoods. This muscular language gives actors plenty to work with, and this cast certainly does not disappoint. Pinky was hit in the head by a brick when. Balthazar, a New York City Detective who grew up in this neighborhood, is tasked with figuring out what happened to Sister Roses body, while everyone else who showed up to pay their respects waits to hear any news. Some he just drops, or tosses offstage when he hopes no one is looking. a tremendous amount of sorrow," says the playwright. Not since the remote heyday of David Mamet or, more recently, Mr. Guirgiss other plays he won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Between Riverside and Crazy has dialogue so laced with profanity been so gorgeously employed to define and distinguish character. is, which is grief. Lover,"
Michelles grandfather Southside provides her with an environment of indulgence and celebration and a lasting love of jazz music. I think you pull it, Joshua Jackson says to Lizzy Caplan sensually. One of those students the haunted, drink-numbed Balthazar (a morose Joey Auzenne) is even the detective assigned to the case, but Guirgis isnt writing a mystery. Now revived by Signature Theatre the play follows a group of interconnected characters confront one another. Our Lady is a character-driven play, built on a premise rather than a complicated plot. These, along with other interesting characters, connect like puzzle pieces as Guirgis strategically reveals their relationships by offering a handful of aha moments for the audience to realize who knows whom. Distraught at the passing of Sister Rose outraged at the state. For the next 7 days, you'll have access to awesome PLUS stuff like AP English test prep, No Fear Shakespeare translations and audio, a note-taking tool, personalized dashboard, & much more! Like our lady of 121st street Phylicia Rashad signature theatre stephen adly guirgis 1 previous post Balthazar: No, Vic, I'm a farmer. As they bounce off of each other with old hurts and the harsh realities of grown-up life, a murder mystery (and a few lives) begins to unravel. A masterful poet of the downtrodden, his plays portray life on New York's hardscrabble streets in a manner both tender and unflinching, while continually exploring the often startling gulf between who we are and how we perceive ourselves. Speaking to the universal themes of loss regret and recovery Our Lady of 121st Street is the quintessential play to welcome audiences back to the live experience of theatre. Classify the Following as Fixed or Variable Costs: No Amount of Words Can Perfectky Describe This Book. In Jesus Hopped the A Train, revived last year by the Signature, the conflicts were about the nature of justice. "It's been a very collaborative experience. Cast: Lindsay Allen, Mando Alvarado, Doug Brown, Maia DeSanti, John
These early chapters also present Frasers car as a symbol of familial closeness and safety against the outside world. . *Undergraduate student. Killed it! only to have him break her open with unexpected, unsentimental honesty: I lost you dass my cross, Rooftop says, finally making the confession that hes been skirting around all day with the priest, Father Lux (a gruff, sad John Doman). If you don't see it, please check your spam folder. From left, Joey Auzenne, Jimonn Cole and Hill Harper. (costumes) Jennifer Peterson (properties) Colin K. Bills (lights) Mark
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This production contains adult language and the use of slurs violence sexual content simulated drug alcohol and tobacco use and mentions of death disfigurement. Among these is Felix Solis as the alcoholic police detective, Balthazar. Follow him on social media at @wexlerwrites. Vic: There are limits -- I don't give a shit! apparently relied on Sister Rose, but it isn't quite clear for what. Our Lady of 121st Street Gender Female Age Range Adult Role Size Lead Time & Place In and around the Ortiz Funeral Home, Harlem, New York Tags ex-wife wife angry sad empty lonely caring sensitive fragile temper african-american 2f scenes Analysis Inez is Rooftop's ex-wife, and she has lived in Harlem all her life. a sense that there's no future. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. This is not the world!. That this harsh worldview arises from such hilariously vituperative byplay makes Our Lady difficult to corral. It doesnt need an intermission, but its got one. Beloved Sister Rose who long slaved away at the eponymous school has died and someone has stolen her body. paternal
Did Cirie go too far by bringing family matters into the game? Amazon has encountered an error. You tell me. It has all of the edginess of Guirgiss earlier works yet it is also surprisingly funny spiritual and touching. They live in a city that breaks people, in a country thats broken. Our Lady of 121st Street is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. Our Lady of 121st Street. Balthazar (Joey Auzenne) is a detective trying to solve the case. Don't take much guts to beat on a woman, ya get me? Our Lady of l2lst Street was originally produced by the LAByrinth Theater Company, Jinn S. Kim, John Gould Rubin, and Robin Kramer at Center Stage, New York, on September 16, 2002. Vic: What did she ever do anyway, huh?! Guirgis has a gift for capturing the absurdities of conversation -- the non-sequiturs as well as the emotional undercurrents running just beneath the words.
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