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Michael Chabon recommended track Chrysanthemum Tea by Stephen Sondheim in Pacific Overtures by Stephen Sondheim in Music (curated)

 
Pacific Overtures by Stephen Sondheim
Pacific Overtures by Stephen Sondheim
2002 | Soundtrack
5.0 (1 Ratings)
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Chrysanthemum Tea by Stephen Sondheim

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"It’s my favorite of his musicals, probably because it’s the one I encountered first. I was taken by my parents, and it was such an incredible spectacle. “Chrysanthemum Tea” has typically clever Sondheim lyrics, with twisty rhymes. And the fact that it’s the shogun’s mother, and she’s poisoning her own son — there is a thread of wickedness in his work, and that was maybe my first encounter with it. I remember laughing, and being shocked at the reveal of what’s going on."

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Rachel McAdams recommended When You Are Engulfed in Flames in Books (curated)

 
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris | 2008
8.0 (4 Ratings)
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"It’s not often that a writer makes me laugh out loud, but [David] Sedaris does. He brings me to tears. It’s to the point where I can’t read his writing in public because people think I’m having some kind of meltdown. In this collection of essays, [When You Are Engulfed in Flames] he has a way of finding humour in the strangest and most painful moments, like a week with a creepy baby-sitter, or the death of his mother."

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Alicia Keys recommended Purple Hibiscus: A Novel in Books (curated)

 
Purple Hibiscus: A Novel
Purple Hibiscus: A Novel
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 2005 | Essays
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"I also read a book recently called Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She's phenomenal, and she's written so many beautiful books. Purple Hibiscus was also quite moving, about a family - a daughter, and a brother, a mother and a father - and these deep, intricate details of their life and the complexities of it all. You find yourself falling in love with this family and really being taken on their journey, their heartbreak, and their secrets - it is a beautiful and amazing read."

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Toni Lynn Donald (2027 KP) rated Soul (2020) in Movies

Aug 2, 2021 (Updated Aug 2, 2021)  
Soul (2020)
Soul (2020)
2020 | Adventure, Animation, Comedy
4
7.7 (37 Ratings)
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I was really looking forward to watching this because it has some good voices in it( Jamie Fox, Tina Fey and Phylicia Rashad) but I was disappointed. I saw it when it first came out on Disney + so I really don't remember a lot about it, just that it was confusing at the end and a bit boring. I did like Jamie Fox's character and his Mother ( Phylicia Rashad) but other than that the story was too out there for me.
  
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gayga (2128 KP) rated Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine in Books

Sep 26, 2020  
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman | 2017 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
10
8.6 (80 Ratings)
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Eleanor Oliphant - social misfit
Honestly one of the best books I’ve ever read! Eleanor Oliphant is the best heroine ever! I just really identified with her as a socially awkward, slightly anti social woman. The difference is that I have autism and she’s that way due to her mother. I’m not going to go into that though, read it!

The end sort of petered out but it’s definitely a book that I would read again.