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Bruce Springsteen: Trump is who the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for

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October is upon us, putting us that much closer to the release of Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. Ok, we’re still three weeks away from the Boss biopic that stars Jeremy Allen White as Bruce while he was making the album Nebraska, with Jeremy Strong as his manager Jon Landau, and newly-minted Emmy winner Stephen Graham as Bruce’s father during flashback scenes. It’s a funny quirk of fate that this role marks back-to-back years of Jeremy Strong playing mentors, particularly when you consider the two mentees: Bruce Springsteen and Donald Trump. Last year Strong earned his first Oscar nomination for playing Roy Cohn who, among his many sins, trained a young Trump in the vitriolic, litigious playbook we’re suffering through today. I find Strong’s film connection to Bruce and Don funny (in the Greek tragedy sense of the word) given how diametrically opposed the men are. Well, one man and one tiny-fisted bigly baby. Bruce has been calling out the president’s crimes all year, and continued the trend in a new profile with Time magazine:

“I absolutely couldn’t care less what he thinks about me,” the rock legend told Time magazine in a story published Thursday. “He’s the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history.”

The 20-time Grammy winner sounds like he’ll keep dishing it out to Trump and Co.

“If I’m going to stay true to who I’ve tried to be… I can’t give these guys a free pass,” Springsteen told Time. “A lot of people bought into his lies… He doesn’t care about the forgotten anybody but himself and the multibillionaires who stood behind him on Inauguration Day.”

“You have to face the fact that a good number of Americans are simply comfortable with his politics of power and dominance,” Springsteen.

The president and Springsteen won’t be dancing in the dark any time soon.

On the first date of his European tour in May, Springsteen said America “is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.” He also asked democracy lovers to “raise your voices against the authoritarianism, and let freedom ring.”

Trump wrote back on Truth Social that Springsteen was “HIGHLY OVERRATED,” “dumb as a rock” and “a JERK” whose skin had “atrophied.” He also told the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer to “KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.”

Despite his fervent opposition to Trump over the years, the “Born to Run” legend didn’t sing the praises of the Democratic Party in his Time interview.

“We’re desperately in need of an effective party, or for the Democratic Party to find someone who can speak to the majority of the nation,” he said. “There is a problem with the language that they’re using and the way they’re trying to reach people.”

[From HuffPost]

“He’s the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history.” YASS, Bruce! Dementia Don was always going to be an impeached president — and becoming the first to merit it twice was no less than he deserved. But if these long, painful, soul-crushing eight months of a second term have shown us anything, it’s a portrait of a man in cognitive decline. When he’s not making stark raving mad rants at the august body of the United Nations General Assembly, he’s sending in the National Guard to Democratic Portland, Oregon… based on footage of riots that happened five years ago. At least that’s what Oregon Governor Tina Kotek strongly suspects after a phone call with the president over the weekend. If that isn’t 25th Amendment behavior, I don’t know what is. Bruce completely has Don’s number, and I hope he keeps letting it rip because we all know how much it rankles the dried out mango. Though I do disagree with Bruce on one point, the suggestion that Don only cares about “himself and the multibillionaires who stood behind him on Inauguration Day.” He doesn’t care about them either, just himself. A tale of two men: Bruce and Don, the Boss and the Loss.

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Bruce Springsteen: it’s disgusting & dehumanising for so many folks in this country

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Like many of us, Bruce Springsteen saw to some housekeeping during the pandemic. Unlike many of us, this led to Bruce stumbling upon seven albums he’d recorded between 1983 and 2010 that for one reason or another, he never got around to releasing. In chronological order, the albums are: LA Garage Sessions (1983), Streets of Philadelphia Sessions (1993-94), Somewhere North of Nashville (1995), Inyo (1996-97), Perfect World (mid-1990s to 2000s), Faithless (2005), Twilight Hours (2010). And since they’ve been “found,” Tracks II: The Lost Albums by Bruce Springsteen is finally coming out on Friday to stream or purchase as a limited edition box set. The Sunday Times just spoke with The Boss about everything from politics, to songwriting, to the curious choice of recording seven albums without releasing them until decades later:

‘We all have something eating at us’: Yet you sense, in those small moments when he falls into silence, an inner bleakness he cannot escape, albeit one encased in stoicism. “Yeah, because the artists we love are the artists with something eating at them,” he says, when I put this to him. “Dylan, Sinatra, Hank Williams … What’s bothering these guys? It piques our curiosity because we all have something eating at us, and it feeds into the songwriting. You create a character, you get the detail, you find the part of you in that person … That’s how you breathe life on to the page and into the music.”

To release, or not to release: “I release very carefully. I think about the continuity of the conversation with my audience. The Philadelphia Sessions might not have come out because I had already written three albums about relationships — and a fourth one, particularly as dark as this one, wouldn’t translate. I might have thought other albums were too experimental, too off to the left or the right.

Immigrant stories are human stories: “It started from living in California, being surrounded by Mexican culture, and feeling that this was the future of the United States: multiculturalism,” Springsteen says of Inyo. … “I didn’t have any political point I was trying to make — I was simply trying to make effective character stories. But the subject has come to the fore now.” Whenever immigration debates rage, the stories of the people involved tend to get lost. “That’s all we’ve seen recently, and it’s been disgusting and dehumanising for so many folks who live here in the country,” Springsteen says of the migration crackdown in America. “With these songs, empathy is my intent. I’m trying to get you to walk in somebody else’s shoes.”

America is in her Tragedy Era: “It’s an American tragedy,” he says of the political climate. “We’re living through a terrible moment in history, where Congress has neutered itself and the boundaries that once curtailed this type of leadership have disintegrated.” People generally vote with their wallets, I suggest, which is likely to reduce popular appeal for Trump if global tariffs and tougher immigration laws send inflation surging. “Yes, and the pure incompetence of [the administration] may carry the seeds of its own destruction. But I don’t know what’s going to happen. I haven’t lived through a time like this in my entire life and I’m 75 years old.”

Notes on songwriting: Does the well ever run dry? “All the time. And if that happens I’m just living life, because you don’t know what is nurturing itself in your subconscious until it arrives into awareness. When I’m not writing I’m relatively confident that my inner life is continuing, that something will come … although no artist knows if they’ll ever write a good song again.” Therein lies the torture. “You’ve got to live with that. It’s part of the job.”

,[From The Sunday Times]

“Because you don’t know what is nurturing itself in your subconscious until it arrives into awareness.” I love this! And I’ve definitely told variations of this to myself over the years, in moments of trying to justify my laziness dormant periods. The entire profile is really thoughtful and worth a read in full. Bruce plays it off like it’s no big deal, but it is pretty remarkable that he’s been sitting on seven completed albums for decades. Can you imagine how hard that’s been for his business managers?!

Anyway, no break for The Boss! There’s the Jeremy Allen White-starring biopic, which we got the first trailer for last week. I suppose seven new albums will fill the void until the film’s October release. Plus Bruce and The E Street Band are still on the European leg of their Land of Hope and Dreams Tour. Bruce made the first shows in Manchester, England extra memorable by reading a dried out mango of a president for filth from the stage, a move that earned him praise from Joan Baez to Eddie Vedder. In this article, his description of Congress as having neutered themselves is especially bang on. Keep preaching, Boss!

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Jeremy Allen White sings in the ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ trailer

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We learned a little over a year ago that Jeremy Allen White would be playing Bruce Springsteen in a biopic, and now we have the first look & listen! Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere zeroes in on when Springsteen was recording his album Nebraska, and it will hit theaters in late October. The first trailer dropped on Wednesday, and not only does it give us a taste of JAW’s take on The Boss, it’s also the first we’re learning of the title change, with “Springsteen” being added to the front. My quick hot take: I think JAW looks great but the title tweak is unnecessary! As LaineyGossip noted, it’s not like Timmy Chalamet’s movie was called Bob Dylan: A Complete Unknown. It feels like the difference between the name of a film versus the name of a documentary. That’s my two cents, here’s what Us Weekly had to say:

Jeremy Allen White channeled Bruce Springsteen in the first trailer for the highly anticipated biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.

“Never owned a new car before,” White, 34, says while channeling The Boss in the opening moments of the trailer, which was released on Wednesday, June 18.

When a car salesman refers to Springsteen as “a handsome devil rock star,” hinting at knowing the New Jersey native’s identity, the singer replies, “Well, that makes one of us.”

Along with White — who sings in the trailer — fans got their first look at Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser and Odessa Young in their respective roles.

Strong is taking on the part of Jon Landau, Springsteen’s manager and record producer, who goes head-to-head with David Krumholtz as record executive Al Teller in the teaser.

“This is not about the charts, this is about Bruce Springsteen,” Strong’s Landau says. “And these are the songs he wants to work on right now.”

Springsteen’s relationship with Mike Batlan (Hauser), who was the recording engineer during the Nebraska album sessions, is also featured as fans hear White’s singing voice for the first time.

Several New Jersey landmarks are also showcased throughout the video. The Asbury Park boardwalk and beach sets the stage for Springsteen’s love story with Faye (Young).

“When Bruce was little, he had a hole in the floor of his bedroom. The floor, it’s supposed to be solid, he’s supposed to be able to stand on it. Bruce, he didn’t have that,” Strong says in a voiceover. “Bruce is a repairman, and what he’s doing with this album is he’s repairing that hole in his floor. He’s repairing that hole in himself. And once he’s done that, he’s going to repair the entire world.”

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is set to hit theaters on October 24. The film will focus on the making of Springsteen’s 1982 album, Nebraska, and is an adaptation of Warren Zane’s book of the same name.

[From Us Weekly]

To clarify, the car salesman doesn’t merely “hint” at knowing who Springsteen is, he flat out says, “I know who you are,” which is what prompts JAW-as-Springsteen to respond with, “Well, that makes one of us.” It’s an important moment that essentially sets up the whole trailer, if not the whole thrust/character journey of the film itself. Anyway, I’m sold! And not just because I’m counting down to my own Asbury Park vacation this summer! I think JAW looks the part, and he sounded great at the end of the trailer when they showed him singing “Born to Run” to a packed crowd. Also, I’m loving Jeremy Strong in his “I’m playing the mentor supporting character” Era. He earned every inch of his Oscar nom for The Apprentice (fraught as it was to watch that film), and I have no doubt this will be another compelling performance. Plus this time we get to root for the good guy, truth-telling protagonist.

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Eddie Vedder supports Bruce Springsteen: Bruce has always been pro-American

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In this perilous, consequential term of Trump 2.0, I’m noting a very stark difference between musicians who speak up about what is actually happening in our country, versus others who stumble their way through struggle performances and word salads of “it’s time to come together” and “I took the gig to help out a cause.” Bruce Springsteen, first son of New Jersey, is of course in the first camp. Even while on tour abroad, Springsteen is calling out the un-American, undemocratic crimes of this president to European audiences. And we know it’s bugging the sh-t out of the mango mobster, based on the unhinged social media posts he incoherently spat out in response. Well, Pearl Jam is also out on tour now, in America, and frontman Eddie Vedder took a moment out of their Sunday show in Pittsburgh to salute Springsteen for standing up for true American values:

“I just want to point out that [Springsteen] brought up the issues,” Vedder said to the crowd. “He brought up that residents are being removed off America’s streets and deported without the due process of law. That’s happening. He brought up that we are abandoning our longtime allies around the globe and signing on with dictators. That is also happening.”

“And here driving through all the colleges, the University of Pitt and Carnegie Mellon and the incredible area you’ve got and thinking that they are defunding American universities that won’t bow down to their ideologies as Bruce said,” he continued. “Now look, I appreciate you listening and bring it up because the response to all that and him using the microphone, the response had nothing to do with the issues. They didn’t talk about one of those issues. Didn’t have a conversation about one of those issues. Didn’t debate any of those issues. All that we heard were personal attacks and personal attacks that nobody else should even try to use their microphone or use their voice in public or they will be shut down.”

“Now that is not allowed in this country that we call America.”

Vedder’s speech, which was posted on X (formerly Twitter), received a loud applause from the crowd with a few boos.

“It’s so beneath us,” he added. “Bruce has always been as pro-American with his values of freedom and liberty and his justice has always remained intact, and I’m saying this now just to be sure that this freedom to speak will still exist in another year or two when we come back to this microphone.”

Vedder then went on to perform Springsteen’s “My City in Ruins.”

[From Parade]

Go Eddie! Not only did he speak plainly and eloquently, but he gets major props for pulling it all off without even dropping Trump’s name (something I clearly failed to do). Vedder actually did the same thing a year ago when he called Kansas City Chiefs’ Harrison Butker a “f–king p-ssy” from the concert stage, also without mentioning the misogynistic prick by name. There’s something so classy about it, like Vedder can unambiguously make his point without having to sully his own mouth by uttering their names. Anyway, Springsteen has lit a spark and it’s catching, as Vedder wasn’t the only rock star to sing the Boss’s praises for his patriotism. This week Neil Young wrote a letter of thanks to Springsteen on his website, where he said “Your great songs of America ring true as you sing them to Europe and the world!” Hear, hear! I’ll be making my annual pilgrimage to Asbury Park this summer, and will feel an extra sense of American pride to be where Springsteen was born… in the USA. (Yes I know he was technically born in Long Branch, but I had to go there!)

Wow! Eddie Vedder completely shreds Donald Trump in Pittsburgh and defends Bruce Springsteen’s recent comments. This is a must watch!!! pic.twitter.com/Px8THSMBWU

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Bruce Springsteen, 74, now has a net worth of $1.1 billion

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Forbes has officially called it: Bruce Springsteen, first son of New Jersey, is now a billionaire. $1.1 billion, to be exact, according to Forbes’ conservative valuation of The Boss. The biggest single contributor to this fortune is undoubtedly the $500 million Bruce got for the sale of the masters and rights to his music in 2021. But he also recently had a hit Broadway show, high-grossing 2023 tour, and is working with producers to adapt a bestselling novel — about the making of 1982 album Nebraska — into a film (starring Jeremy Allen White as a young Bruce, no less). At 74, The Boss is still plenty busy! People Mag did a roundup of all the fruitful gigs that helped carry Bruce across the billionaire finish line:

Bruce Springsteen has reached a new milestone in his career!

The legendary hitmaker, 74, is now a billionaire, according to a new report from Forbes. The publication recently updated his net worth valuation with a “conservative” estimate of $1.1 billion.

Reps for Springsteen did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

The “Glory Days” singer previously touched on what he believes to be the secret to his success in Deliver Me From Nowhere, Warren Zanes’ 2023 book about the 1982 album Nebraska. “I was into crafting an identity that was very, very personal to me as a man,” he explained. “I wanted to connect that identity with the very big picture of the country at large… So I needed people who were going to be willing to go in as deep as I needed and was willing to go myself.”

In developing a unique, yet familiar identity through his music that continues to resonate with legions of fans to this day, Springsteen earned himself accolades including 20 Grammys, an Oscar, two Golden Globes, a Tony Award and placements in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Some of the singer’s other career highs include releasing a No. 1 New York Times bestselling memoir, helming 236 sold-out Broadway performances and earning a Kennedy Center Honor as well as the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

“The act of performing is psychologically centering,” Springsteen told CBS News in 2019. “And when you come off, you’ve had some experience that contextualizes your life. Why you’re here, what you do, who you love, how you love and approach your work. I’m lucky that I work with my friends alongside me. There’s no other job where the same people you work with at 18… 16 in some cases, that you work with when you’re 70.”

Springsteen has made several savvy business moves in recent years, including the sale of his entire music catalog for $500 million in 2021.

In 2023, Pollstar reported that Springsteen’s tour alongside The E-Street Band brought in an average gross of $3,961,273 with a total of 673,277 tickets sold.

Decades into his career, Springsteen is still making plenty of moves creatively. Most recently, he released a collaborative track with Zach Bryan titled “Sandpaper” as a part of the latter’s new album The Great American Bar Scene. The singer is also the focus of an upcoming biopic based on Deliver Me From Nowhere that’ll star The Bear actor Jeremy Allen White.

[From People]

Since People listed his Oscar, Tony, Grammy, and Golden Globe awards, I had to check about any Emmys. Bruce has been nominated three times, but no wins. He may be a billionaire, but he still hasn’t locked up the full EGOT!! Not to worry, I have every reason to believe Bruce will tie up the loose ends. He seems like the kind of artist who will be compelled to keep doing some form of creative work until it is physically impossible for him to do so. While he could just take his riches and ride through the mansions of glory, he’s still writing, collaborating, producing, and performing as he can, even if he’s no longer a tramp like us.

But since Bruce has reached rarified billionaire status, I have a request: he’s already bought up all the vintage ponies for his hometown Asbury’s Park carousel. I learned of this last summer when I took a mini, solo beach vacation. As I understand it, though, Bruce has acquired the ponies so the town can revive the carousel. Um, Bruce, not to be a moocher, but how about helping AP out to finish the whole project? I wanna take a spin on a vintage carousel pony! Baby I was born to ride!!

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Jeremy Allen White cast as young Bruce Springsteen in ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’

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I missed the horoscope reading that said 2024 would be the year of rock star biopics, but I’m not complaining either! First we heard that Selena Gomez would be playing Linda Ronstadt (ok, maybe rock isn’t Linda’s genre but go with me here). Then we got word of Sam Mendes’ ambitious project to helm four Beatles films, one for each of the Fab Four. And now this: Jeremy Allen White has been cast as a young Bruce Springsteen in an adaptation of the 2023 biography Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska. The Chef will play The Boss! Springsteen is collaborating with the filmmakers, so it’s safe to say JAW has his blessing.

The Bear star Jeremy Allen White has officially been cast to play Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming film chronicling the making of his seminal album Nebraska.

The film, titled Deliver Me From Nowhere, will be written and directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), who is adapting Warren Zane’s 2023 biography, Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska.

The film will be produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox and Sony. Both The Boss and his longtime manager, Jon Landau, are said to be “actively involved” in the project. The film will also feature Springsteen’s music, including songs from The River, Nebraska and Born in the USA.

Production is scheduled to get underway this fall in Springsteen’s home state of New Jersey.

“Warren Zane’s Deliver Me From Nowhere is one of the best books ever written about Bruce Springsteen and his music,” Landau said in a statement. “Bruce and I are thrilled that Scott Cooper has chosen to write and direct the film based on that book — we think he’s the perfect filmmaker for the job. Scott, with Producers Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson at The Gotham Group, and Scott Stuber are bringing together a superb team to ensure that this project has the vision and soul that have been the hallmark of Bruce’s 55-year career. We’re thrilled to have the wholehearted commitment and support of the entire team at 20th and Disney.”

“I once read that Nebraska is an album that moves you to the marrow of your bones. I couldn’t agree more,” added Cooper in his own statement. “Bruce Springsteen, and Nebraska, in particular, have had a profound impact on me and my work. Through themes of despair, disillusionment, and the struggles of everyday Americans, Bruce has formed an unparalleled legacy, painting an unflinching portrait of the human condition.”

“Yet, amidst the darkness, a sense of resilience and a sense of hope shines through, reflecting an indomitable spirit,” Cooper added. “That’s the Bruce I’ve come to know and love and will honor with this film. Warren Zane’s wonderful telling of this chapter in Bruce’s life is ripe for cinematic adaptation. This film has the potential to be a transformative cinematic experience, offering audiences a window into the soul of Bruce Springsteen and the universal truths that bind us all together.”

[From Consequence of Sound]

I mean, just look at the pictures. JAW was bound to be cast either as a young Bruce Springsteen or a young Gene Wilder (which could still happen!). I look forward to seeing what JAW and his Calvins do with the role. Really my only hesitation with the project is writer-director Scott Cooper. Crazy Heart felt like a poor imitation of Tender Mercies, and Black Mass bored me to tears. But I’m willing to be surprised and proven wrong (however unlikely that outcome may be). Springsteen and his manager being actively involved is encouraging. While in many cases the artist being involved can be problematic (cough Madonna cough), my impression of Springsteen is that he can be honest about himself.

And now for my sweet little Springsteen story: last summer I spent a lovely five days in Asbury Park, where The Boss got his start. The Airbnb was slightly less air conditioned than I would’ve liked for August at the Jersey Shore, but the house was purple which tickled my fancy and it was walking distance to the beach. Along the walk I would pass the town’s old, closed down Carousel building. The homeowners of my Airbnb shared that Springsteen has purchased all the vintage ponies so that the carousel can be restored. The only thing I love more than a carousel, is a man who knows the value of a carousel.

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Bruce Springsteen sold his masters and rights to Sony for $500 million

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Being born in the USA seems to have some awesome advantages. And if you are a rocker who made it big in the 60s to the 80s, 2021 has been a good year for you. Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks, and Bob Dylan all have inked lucrative deals for the publishing rights and masters to their songs. Tina even signed over the rights to her image. Now Bruce Springsteen has added his name to the growing list of musicians selling their masters and publishing rights. The NY Times announced that Bruce signed a deal with Sony that is reportedly worth upward of $500 million. Bruce has signed over songs including Born in the USA, Dancing in the Dark, and Born to Run. Below is more on the deal via CNN:

The deal would be the largest ever transaction for a single artist’s catalog, according to the Times, and would include his work as both a singer and songwriter.

One of the premier rock artists of all time, Springsteen is responsible for such hits as “Born in the USA,” “Dancing in the Dark” and “Born to Run.” He and the E Street Band, who he has played with for decades, have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Springsteen’s latest album, “Letter to You,” was released in October 2020.

Springsteen reopened Broadway in June with his “Springsteen on Broadway” performances after Covid-19 restrictions halted full-capacity shows for more than a year.

[From CNN]

I know I made a big deal about how low Tina Turner’s deal was but I understand that Tina didn’t write her songs. It makes sense that Stevie, Bob and Bruce would receive more money. Honestly I still think Stevie was lowballed but she was only selling her portion of the Fleetwood Mac catalog. I think Bruce has had the highest deal so far but his catalog is just as extensive as Bob Dylan’s. And I am sure Born in the USA is what earned the bigger pay out. I am happy to see some of my favorite rockers from my childhood cashing in on their talent. If I got a $500 million deal, I would never perform again. I know that Bruce dropped a new album last year and this year he did a book and podcast with Barack Obama, but I am wondering if he will stop making music after this deal. Bruce makes music because he just loves music but at some point I think he should just enjoy his life on his estate in New Jersey. Sh*t if I had signed a $500 million deal, I’d be flying around the world and chilling at a lavish lake in Italy somewhere. Anyway, I hope to see more of my favorite musicians signing these deals. They have given me songs for my life’s soundtrack and I feel that they need to be celebrated and compensated for their exceptional talent.

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