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Podstruck: A Rom-Com Rewind
by Elena Crevello & Chelsea Davison
Professional comedy writers Elena Crevello and Chelsea Davison are obsessed with rom coms, because it’s one of the only genres that actually centers female stories. Join them as they take a look back at classic romantic comedies to appreciate the good, the bad, and the totally sexist with fresh eyes… Commenting on all the things they were too lovestruck to see the first time. Every week Elena, Chelsea, and their guest will dig into the clumsy leads and quirky best friends, analyze rom com tropes, and share how these films inspired them/warped their ideas of love. Come along as they revisit the chick flicks that taught a generation of women you’re not ugly, you just have glasses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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[UNLOCKED] The Truth About Cats & Dogs: Podstruck 2 Year Anniversary + Season 3 News!
Happy 2 Year Anniversary to Podstruck! To celebrate two years of the podcast, we're giving everyone a little peek behind the Patreon curtain and releasing one of our Patreon-exclusive episodes on the main feed! AND we are also announcing that Podstruck is officially returning for SEASON 3 on...
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The Princess Bride: Drink In Patinkin
This week on Podstruck we are celebrating our 100th episode with the movie that feels like the perfect fairy tale ending to season two: The Princess Bride (1987)! We dive into why Rob Reiner's endlessly quotable classic nails fantasy, adventure, comedy, and romance all at once, debate whether...
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PATREON EXCLUSIVE: Upcoming Rom-Com News
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODE Listen to the start of an exclusive bonus episode for our Podstruck Patreon subscribers AKA our Meet Cuties where we talk about all the upcoming rom-coms in development including the return of Emma Stone to the genre, as well as projects from Jennifer Lawrence,...
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The Fall Guy: Stunt Men Can Get It
SUBCATEGORY: GETTIN' SOME ACTION This week we're covering the action rom-com The Fall Guy (2024), starring two of our absolute faves: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. We discuss why this action-comedy blockbuster from director David Leitch is a love letter to Hollywood's stunt performers and why we...
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Speed: Love Bombing
SUBCATEGORY: GETTING SOME ACTION This week we're tackling an action romance that is definitely not a rom-com: 1994's bus and bomb bonanza 'Speed.' Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock light up the screen in this thriller that may jump the shark when it jumps the highway and the subway tracks. Chelsea...
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Romancing The Stone: Michael Douglas, OG Rat Boy
SUBCATEGORY: GETTING SOME ACTION This week we're heading deep into the Colombian jungle for our first action adventure romantic-comedy, Romancing the Stone (1984). This movie is a romance novel, a treasure hunt, and a comedy all rolled into one, and we are here for it! Join us as we discuss how...
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Remembering Jason Segel's Dick
DOWN IN THE DUMPS This week on Podstruck: A Rom-Com Rewind, we close out our collection of break up romantic comedies with the Jason Segel 2008 romp Forgetting Sarah Marshall. This Judd Apatow produced comedy doesn't shy away from meandering for the sake of hilarious bits, even though his initial...
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PATREON EXCLUSIVE: Love, Simon
THIS IS A SNEAK PEAK OF OUR PATREON BONUS EPISODE - OUT TODAY at Patreon.Com/PodstruckPod Happy Pride Y'all! This week Love, Simon gets the Podstruck treatment as we revisit the groundbreaking 2018 LGBTQ+ romantic comedy starring Nick Robinson, Alexandra Shipp, Katherine Langford, Jennifer…
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I Want You Back: Seduce & Destroy
DOWN IN THE DUMPS This week on Podstruck: A Rom-Com Rewind, we're covering the Amazon Original Movie, I Want You Back (2022). This delightfully messy rom-com stars Jenny Slate and Charlie Day as two freshly dumped strangers who team up to win back their exes and accidentally catch feelings along...
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High Fidelity: Boy Fleabag
CATEGORY: DOWN IN THE DUMPS Podstruck kicks off a new collection of rom-coms all about finding love after getting dumped with the John Cusack classic High Fidelity. We look back at this music-filled movie from 2000 with a 2026 lens - is the main character a total sexist jerk who deserves to die...
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind: Love, Lobotomize, Repeat
CATEGORY: UH-OH AMNESIA This week we’re diving into one of the most beloved, and artistically singular, romantic movies of all time: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), directed by Michel Gondry and written by Charlie Kaufman. Now, is this a rom-COM? Maybe, maybe not! But we are…
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Overboard: Very Creepy, Oddly Delightful (with Elizabeth Laime)
CATEGORY: UH-OH AMNESIA This week we go back to 1987 for the creepy yet cute romantic comedy Overboard, starring real-life couple Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. Joining us is TV writer, producer and podcaster, Elizabeth Laime from the hit podcasts Beth’s Dead and Nobody’s Listening, Right? as we...
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Meet Cutie Bonus Episode: Selling A Script In Hollywood
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODE Get a sneak peek of an exclusive bonus episode for our Podstruck Patreon subscribers AKA our Meet Cuties we are talking about the process of selling a TV show or movie script and the business of being a professional screenwriter. Chelsea talks about the journey...
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50 First Dates: Pineapple of Lies
CATEGORY: UH-OH AMNESIA In this week's episode we cover the 2004 Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore rom-com, 50 First Dates, the movie that dared to ask, what if we redid Groundhog Day but made it even more ethically questionable? We'll travel back to 2004 and discuss whether the animal jokes hold up...
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Something’s Gotta Give: Age Gaps, Diane Keaton & Nancy Meyers (with Chelsea Devantez)
CATEGORY: LOTHARIOS IN LOVE Podstruck teams up with Glamorous Trash for a special crossover episode diving into “Something’s Gotta Give,” the Nancy Meyers rom-com classic starring Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, and Keanu Reeves. Together, Chelsea Devantez, Chelsea Davison, and Elena Crevello break...
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Pillow Talk: Party Line! Excellent! (with Joe Randazzo)
CATEGORY: LOTHARIOS IN LOVE We continue our collection of playboys turned loverboys this week with the Rock Hudson Doris Day classic Pillow Talk, with special guest Joe Randazzo (The Onion, @midnight). Despite being made in 1959, this movie has a ton of humor, heart, and a whole lotta leg to get...
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Crazy, Stupid, Love: B Plots Gone Wild
CATEGORY: LOTHARIOS IN LOVE This week we dart back to 2011 for Dan Fogelman's romantic comedy: Crazy, Stupid, Love! And boy does this movie live up to its title because there are some BANANAS plot points we had completely forgotten existed! But regardless, this movie is a joy with its stacked…
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Meet Cutie Bonus Episode: 90's Rom-Com Hot Goss
Enjoy a sneak peak of an episode that is exclusively for our Patreon supporters and if you feel inclined support the making of this podcast visit Patreon.com/PodstruckPod and join to listen to the full episode! Today we are jumping in our time machines and going back to an era when rom-coms…
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The Drama: Putting The Tension in Sexual Tension
CATEGORY: I DO... I THINK Podstruck is finishing our wedding category with the brand new A24 rom-com adjacent black comedy The Drama starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. We discuss whether some critics were right to be upset by the misleading marketing for this movie and whether it makes light…
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Four Weddings and a Funeral: The Movie That Made Hugh Grant (with Mark Vigeant)
CATEGORY: I DO... I THINK Continuing our collection of wedding rom-coms, Podstruck looks back this week at Four Weddings and a Funeral, the Hugh Grant breakout movie that turned him into a romantic comedy star. Mark Vigeant (Dropout, Edinburgh Fringe Fest) joins Chelsea and Elena to debate…
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Runaway Bride: Running from Misogyny (with The Husbands!)
CATEGORY: I DO... I THINK We continue our bucket of wedding rom-coms with the 1999 Gary Marshall flick, Runaway Bride, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere! Can these two recapture the electricity they had in Pretty Woman? We discuss all of this and more as Chelsea and Elena are joined by…
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27 Dresses: Scraps of A Classic
CATEGORY: I DO... I THINK This week Podstruck is launching a new collection of wedding rom-coms starting with 27 Dresses! This 2008 romantic comedy starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden asks how a movie about terrible people can be charming and the answer is "Benny And The Jets." We pitch…
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She's The Man: Amanda Bynes Performance Art (with Monica Byrnes & Toria Sheffield)
CATEGORY: THOU HADST ME AT GOOD MORROW It’s the 20 year anniversary of She’s The Man and we inadvertently celebrate it this week, rewatching the Amanda Bynes Channing Tatum romp to cap off our Shakespeare collection. Joining us is a team of hilarious screenwriters: Monica Byrnes and Toria...
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Meet Cutie Bonus Episode: Big Business
SUBCATEGORY: THOU HADST ME AT GOOD MORROW Enjoy a sneak peak of an episode that is exclusively for our Patreon supporters and if you feel inclined support the making of this podcast visit Patreon.com/PodstruckPod and join to listen to the full episode! Chelsea and Elena take their relationship to...
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Much Ado About Nothing: Someone Edit Shakespeare (with Nik Walker)
CATEGORY: THOU HADST ME AT GOOD MORROW We continue our Shakespeare collection of rom-coms with Much Ado About Nothing, the 1993 movie starring Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Robert Sean Leonard, Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton, Keanu Reeves, and Kate Beckinsale! Chelsea and Elena are joined by...
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10 Things I Hate About You: Peak Heath
CATEGORY: THOU HADST ME AT GOOD MORROW This week we are kicking off our new Shakespeare bucket of rom-coms with the 1999 teen classic, 10 Things I Hate About You starring Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz, Allison Janney, Gabrielle Union and Andrew...
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Wuthering Heights: Hot For Goo
This week, Podstruck ventures into virgin territory by going to the movie theater in person and tackling the brand new Emerald Fennell movie Wuthering Heights, the Emily Brontë adaptation starring Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, and Hong Chau. We discuss how this movie manages to be equal parts…
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Crazy Rich Asians: Love In The Time of Billionaires
SUBCATEGORY: CULTURE CLASH To close up our Culture Clash category we are covering the 2018 summer blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians starring an all star cast including Michelle Yeoh, Constance Wu, Awkwafina, Lisa Lu, Henry Golding, Jimmy O.Yang, Nico Santos, Gemma Chan, Ken Jeong, Sonoya Mizuno, Remy...
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Meet Cutie Bonus Episode: Rom-Com Hot Takes!
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODE As an exclusive bonus episode for our Podstruck Patreon subscribers AKA our Meet Cuties, we are talking through rom-com hot takes as submitted by our listeners, the Internet, and sharing a few of our own along the way. It's a debate-filled episode about…
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Fools Rush In: The Hoover Dam Is For Lovers (with Chelsea Devantez)
This week Podstruck celebrates Valentine's Day with another rom-com in our Culture Clash category, this time the 1997 Salma Hayek Matthew Perry movie Fools Rush In. Joining us is Chelsea Devantez (Glamorous Trash, Basic, The Problem with Jon Stewart) who defends this movie with her life, from the...
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding: A Million Characters And Zero Drama
Today on the pod we launch a new collection of romantic comedies that involve people falling in love despite a culture clash with a box office banger, My Big Fat Greek Wedding! Starring Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan, Gia Carides, Andrea Martin and even *NSYNC star,...
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Heated Rivalry: Our First Time... With A TV Show
We're popping our TV show cherry this week with the HBO hockey sensation Heated Rivalry. Elena and Chelsea talk about why this gay sports love story has taken the world by storm, including Connor Storrie's ability to learn Russian, Hudson Williams' ability to communicate the book's inner…
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It Happened One Night: Here Comes The Groom! (with Nick Duke)
It's our final episode of the subcategory "Rom-Com Icons" and we're covering the Frank Capra movie that swept at The Oscars, It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. And we are joined by our editor Nick Duke (Cinestory Writing Fellow, Second round at the Austin Film...
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Meet Cutie Bonus Episode: People We Meet On Vacation
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODE As an exclusive bonus episode for our Podstruck Patreon subscribers AKA our Meet Cuties we are covering the BRAND NEW Netflix movie People We Meet On Vacation based on the book by Emily Henry. We dish on all the major changes from the book to the movie, we…
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The Philadelphia Story: Everybody Loves Hepburn (with Ellie Race-Moore & Ben Joseph)
This week Podstruck continues the Rom-Com Icons collection of pioneering romance films with The Philadelphia Story. Ben Joseph (Dropout) and Ellie Race-Moore (Dropout) join Chelsea to talk about this Katharine Hepburn / Cary Grant / James Stewart classic about multiple men falling in love with a...
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The Apartment: Every Genre All At Once (with Dana Gould)
Happy new year to the Podstruck community! This week we’re kicking off 2026 with our Rom-Com Icons category - beginning with a classic romantic comedy from 1960: Billy Wilder’s The Apartment. This movie stars Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray, and was nominated for TEN Oscars…
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Happiest Season: Festive Red Flags (with Catherine McCafferty & Margaret Kaminski)
CATEGORY: HORNIER FOR THE HOLIDAYS For our final holiday movie of the year, Chelsea is joined by returning guests Catherine McCafferty & Margaret Kaminski to discuss 'Happiest Season,' the Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis queer rom-com from 2020. It's a romance that has us screaming RUN, but...
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Elf: An Asexual Holiday Classic (with Matt Buechele)
CATEGORY: HORNIER FOR THE HOLIDAYS Today Elena and Chelsea rewatch the Will Ferrell holiday favorite 'Elf,' which is only a little bit of a rom-com but that's probably for the best. Joining the Podstruck hosts is Matt Buechele (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) who discusses the appeal of…
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Meet Cutie Bonus Episode: Love Hard
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODE As an exclusive bonus episode for our Podstruck Patreon subscribers AKA our Meet Cuties today we're discussing the Netflix holiday rom-com Love Hard, featuring Nina Dobrev and Jimmy O. Yang. Chelsea and Elena dive in to figure out why this 2021 movie feels...
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The Family Stone: Swappin' Siblings
CATEGORY: HORNIER FOR THE HOLIDAYS Welcome to season 2 of Podstruck! We are kicking things off with The Family Stone, a movie that hits even harder after the passing of Diane Keaton. It's a movie for anyone who loves strata, stress, and a brother/sister swap. Elena and Chelsea debate whether Luke...
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Podstruck Superlatives: Our Year In Review! (Patreon Exclusive)
PATREON EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW Today we are announcing our first annual superlative awards! Who wins the Walter White Award for Insane Chemistry, or the Cold Wet Wipe Award for Least Chemistry? We will let you know! And please chime in and let us know who would win your awards?! Is Uma Thurman's...
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Moonstruck: Wooden Hand & Wolf Heart (with Rose Surnow)
CATEGORY: ENGAGED TO THE WRONG DUDE For our final movie in Season 1 of Podstruck, we're revisiting the Cher and Nic Cage classic, Moonstruck, which just so happens to be our namesake inspiration! Elena and Chelsea are joined by Rose Surnow (Pivoting, Marvel) to talk about how every line in this...
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Sleepless in Seattle: Please Date My Sad Dad
CATEGORY: ENGAGED TO THE WRONG DUDE This week we cover 'Sleepless in Seattle'! The 1993 Nora Ephron rom-com starring everyone's favorite duo: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan! We discuss the romance of stalking, the rainy charm of Seattle, whether people ate tiramisu in the 90s, what celebrities LOVE…
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The Wedding Singer: The Ends Justify The Bits (with Allie Goertz)
CATEGORY: ENGAGED TO THE WRONG DUDE We're kicking off our new rom-com theme Engaged To The Wrong Dude with the Adam Sandler Drew Barrymore 1998 classic 'The Wedding Singer.' Allie Goertz (Mad Magazine, MST3K) joins us to talk about why we love all the butt grabbing, the pros and cons of blue eye...
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About Time: But Really About Dads (with Jordan Morris)
CATEGORY: LOVEY DOVEY TIMEY WIMEY Our final movie in the collection of time travel rom-coms is the 2013 gentle charmer, About Time, starring Domhnall Gleeson and Rachel McAdams. And for this sweet but meandering movie, we're joined by writer and podcaster Jordan Morris (Jordan, Jesse, Go!, Free...
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Meet Cutie Bonus Episode: Palm Springs
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODE Listen to the beginning of an exclusive bonus episode for our Podstruck Patreon subscribers AKA our Meet Cuties covering the 2020 time loop rom-com, Palm Springs. Chelsea and Elena discuss how this Hulu movie builds on Groundhog Day and yet finds ways to make…
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Groundhog Day: The Devil Sells Insurance
CATEGORY: LOVEY DOVEY TIMEY WIMEY The time travel rom-coms venture into time loops this week with the groundbreaking philosophical masterpiece, Groundhog Day, a movie that destroyed the friendship of Bill Murray and Harold Ramis but made America fall in love. Chelsea and Elena talk about the days...
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Kate & Leopold: Meg Ryan Meets The Matrix (with Demi Adejuyigbe)
CATEGORY: LOVEY DOVEY TIMEY WIMEY To kick off our new collection of time travel rom-coms, we're joined by comedian Demi Adejuyigbe (The Good Place, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Gilmore Guys) to cover our third Meg Ryan movie - 'Kate & Leopold.' We rewatch this underrated movie about a…
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Just Friends: In 2005 Everyone Hated Women
CATEGORY: BFFS WHO ARE DTF For the final rom-com in our friends-to-lovers theme BFF's Who Are DTF, we watch the 2005 Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris movie 'Just Friends.' This movie is a throwback to a time where the worst thing that could happen to a guy was getting "friendzoned" since...
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Always Be My Maybe: All Hail Keanu (with Alex Song-Xia)
CATEGORY: BFFS WHO ARE DTF This week we are joined by comedian Alex Song-Xia (The Tonight Show, Rick & Morty, Praise Petey) to cover the next rom-com in our BFFs Who Are DTF bucket, "Always Be My Maybe." This movie has an all-star cast with Ali Wong, Randall Park, Michelle Buteau, and an Oscar...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Professional comedy writers Elena Crevello and Chelsea Davison are obsessed with rom coms, because it’s one of the only genres that actually centers female stories. Join them as they take a look back at classic romantic comedies to appreciate the good, the bad, and the totally sexist with fresh eyes… Commenting on all the things they were too lovestruck to see the first time. Every week Elena, Chelsea, and their guest will dig into the clumsy leads and quirky best friends, analyze rom com tropes, and share how these films inspired them/warped their ideas of love. Come along as they revisit the chick flicks that taught a generation of women you’re not ugly, you just have glasses.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Elena Crevello & Chelsea Davison
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