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something that I would say is completely original: collaborative production, not with owners versus clients, publishers versus writers, record execs versus musicians, or studio producers versus actors, but with everyone as equal partners in the loss and the gain. It is brilliant and, for t h i s w r i t e r, i t ’s e x a c t l y w h a t I w a n t t o b e when I grow up.
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