Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Guapos Wednesday 7/9/08 Braulio gives new meaning to the term "hawt monkey love"; oh, yeah, the other family members have problems too
Sorry, but I've really got to rush this today. If anything is missing, please fill in.
We lead off with a repeat of last night's ending: Mili misleads Al about whether she's gone all the way with Hugo. Suddenly, Alex is called in to the study, where Connie, Domingo and Damian are waiting. Connie starts to talk about the future of their merged businesses, but Tony Soprano cuts him off: There will be no merger; instead, he's taking over completely. Bada bing! Bada boom!
Hugo asks Mili why she lied to Alex. She gives the explanation about wanting to preserve things for the wife and baby, yada, yada. Luci comes down the stairs and greets Hugo and pointedly not Mili. She asks if he's seen Nestor and is told he's outside. As she leaves, she tosses off a request that Hugo ask his wife not to look at her as if she wants to hang her. Mili fumes.
Back to the study. Domingo is offering Connie at most a 25 percent share in the business with no active role. Now that he has learned Connie is not Al's real father (and accordingly, not the real grandfather of Domingo's grandchild), he can't trust him (and Damian is worse). Connie accuses him of a swindle. Domingo says when Monday's market opens, Damian's shares will drop precipitously. (was it a publicly traded company? Who knows?) Connie says he will destroy Domingo. Domingo says not if I see you first. Connie orders him out of the house. Domingo says tomorrow he and his girls and Al are leaving for Monterrey. Connie asks Al for help, but Al says, "Sorry, Constancio, but you're not my dad, and now I'm not on your side. To be honest, a big weight is lifted from my shoulders."
Al and Domingo leave. Damian is worried, but Connie says don't worry, we can take him. Connie calls someone.
Domingo talks to his daughters by the pool and tells them they're leaving. He walks away. Mari tells Flo that it's a good thing she didn't spill the beans to pop about all the bad times she's having with Alex.
Luci kisses Nestor in the back yard. She effuses about how wonderful it is that they are now free to make out in the open (not for us viewers, eeww), and how they can shout their love for all to hear. He looks a bit queasy and tells her that he's upset for Alex. She is worried that Alex hates her, but he says everything will be okay eventually. He is going to try to talk to Alex.
Mili and the gals talk. She is not exactly revealing too much about the wedding night. It's clear she's still pining for Al, and Lina wants her to get a divorce and go with Al, but Mili says it's not the right thing to do. She points out that she was at fault too in letting the deception go on. Now she teases Lina about Bobby. Lina says Bobby is still treating her as just a friend.
Bobby is at a card store trying to buy the perfect stuffed animal that will express his desire to convey that his gift recipient (Lina) is a friend that he wants to be more than just a friend. (You know, I would have suggested that jewelry was a better bet, but I guess he doesn't want to move too fast.) He is shown a cute little dog. Pablo/Pedro (whatever his name is) from Rodeo comes in on the same mission for Braulio.
Damian and Connie go somewhere in a car and have some documents. Connie gets out of the car and meets a mysterious figure in a black leather coat like someone from the Matrix. He hands him the documents.
Flor and Mari continue their discussion. Flor blames her drunken mother-in-law for everything, but Mari points out that Flor was really her own worst enemy. Sooner or later, she had to know Al would find out . . . Said Al is listening at the door and bursts in (scene from avances). Mari leaves and Al wants to know who told Flor about Connie? Was it his mother? No, she lies. It was Mili. He doesn't believe it.
Meanwhile, Connie comes back to the car where Damian is waiting. Damian wants to know who the mysterious figure is, by Connie cautions that it would be safer for him not to know.
Al and Flor have an argument about Mili that I don't have time to recap in detail. It's pretty repeptitive anyway. Flor immediately goes to Mili's room and tells her how she's lied to Alex. She tries to get Mili to take part in her deception, since Mili promised to keep the happy couple together.
Braulio helps Hugo seet up his new painting studio. He tells Hugo he's so happy that Hugo didn't take his niece away. Hugo tells him he feels Braulio is his new uncle too. Braulio gives him an overenthusiastic hug.
Braulio is called to the door where Pedro is awaiting to deliver flowers and a giant chimpanzee stuffed animal. Luci and Socorro are there. Luci somehow thinks the presents are for Socorro and she tells Soco she never thought Soco was the type to have lovers. Meanwhile, Braulio sweeps Pedro away with the ruse that he is dispatching him from the mansion.
Bobby gives Lina the stuffed dog, and they have an awkward moment. He asks her if she would like to go to dinner or a movie sometime. They're like high schoolers.
Hugo shows Mili a new painting he's made. Braulio has given him a picture of her mother, and he has painted a picture of Mili and her mother together. She really loves it, and they hug. Of course, just then Al comes in.
Cut to the entryway, where Luci and Andrea are having a good cat fight, a la Alex and Krystle on Dynasty. This fight should have been staged next to a pool or fountain, however, so the participants could fall in. Connie and Nestor pull the gals apart.
Al talks to Mili now about the past. He accuses her of deceiving him, but she tells him that she never was able to find the right time to tell him. First, she only found out right after he was already married. Once she decided to tell him when he returned to Mexico, Floreenda was pregnant, so she refrained from revealing the truth. That's why she married Hugo. She needs to forget Al. He says he is dying because of their eternal love, he is full of rage. His marriage was a mistake and he's going to fix it by getting a divorce. Mili says he can do what he wants, but she's not divorcing Hugo. In fact, Al is in their bedroom, and he should respect them. Ick.
Al asks how she could give herself so easily without love. Hugo must not really love her if he could take her without love. Mili says no, she gave herself. Al says that everytime he is with Flor, he has to hold his tongue to stop himself from saying Mili's name. He is crying now, and it is a very tough scene. She sends him away, saying that Hugo's love for her is very large--look at the painting he did. Al says that he has painted her with his soul and tattooed her on his heart. Al leaves, and Mili cries too.
The fearsome foursome continue arguing, but Damian breaks it up. He says that Connie is party president today and president of the country tomorrow. They should all work together. Dontcha just love Damian as the voice of reason?
Short scene of Karla going after her chicken pimp unsuccessfully.
Braulio talks to Pedro, all the while caressing him with one paw of the giant chimpanzee. It's just hysterical to see Braulio with the chimp hanging off his side. Pedro begs forgiveness for ignoring him for three years. Braulio isn't so fast to forgive. Pedro leaves, and Damian catches Braulio with the monkey. Brau laments that he will now be a laughingstock.
Al is crying in the family bar and Nestor finds him. He says he's always gone there to be alone when his parents fight. Nestor says that for three years he wanted to tell Al the truth, but Luci had fooled him with the paternity test. Al says he is an orphan now--Luci has taken away everything and the love of his life.
Avances: Mari gets a phone call that her father has been killed in a plane crash.
We lead off with a repeat of last night's ending: Mili misleads Al about whether she's gone all the way with Hugo. Suddenly, Alex is called in to the study, where Connie, Domingo and Damian are waiting. Connie starts to talk about the future of their merged businesses, but Tony Soprano cuts him off: There will be no merger; instead, he's taking over completely. Bada bing! Bada boom!
Hugo asks Mili why she lied to Alex. She gives the explanation about wanting to preserve things for the wife and baby, yada, yada. Luci comes down the stairs and greets Hugo and pointedly not Mili. She asks if he's seen Nestor and is told he's outside. As she leaves, she tosses off a request that Hugo ask his wife not to look at her as if she wants to hang her. Mili fumes.
Back to the study. Domingo is offering Connie at most a 25 percent share in the business with no active role. Now that he has learned Connie is not Al's real father (and accordingly, not the real grandfather of Domingo's grandchild), he can't trust him (and Damian is worse). Connie accuses him of a swindle. Domingo says when Monday's market opens, Damian's shares will drop precipitously. (was it a publicly traded company? Who knows?) Connie says he will destroy Domingo. Domingo says not if I see you first. Connie orders him out of the house. Domingo says tomorrow he and his girls and Al are leaving for Monterrey. Connie asks Al for help, but Al says, "Sorry, Constancio, but you're not my dad, and now I'm not on your side. To be honest, a big weight is lifted from my shoulders."
Al and Domingo leave. Damian is worried, but Connie says don't worry, we can take him. Connie calls someone.
Domingo talks to his daughters by the pool and tells them they're leaving. He walks away. Mari tells Flo that it's a good thing she didn't spill the beans to pop about all the bad times she's having with Alex.
Luci kisses Nestor in the back yard. She effuses about how wonderful it is that they are now free to make out in the open (not for us viewers, eeww), and how they can shout their love for all to hear. He looks a bit queasy and tells her that he's upset for Alex. She is worried that Alex hates her, but he says everything will be okay eventually. He is going to try to talk to Alex.
Mili and the gals talk. She is not exactly revealing too much about the wedding night. It's clear she's still pining for Al, and Lina wants her to get a divorce and go with Al, but Mili says it's not the right thing to do. She points out that she was at fault too in letting the deception go on. Now she teases Lina about Bobby. Lina says Bobby is still treating her as just a friend.
Bobby is at a card store trying to buy the perfect stuffed animal that will express his desire to convey that his gift recipient (Lina) is a friend that he wants to be more than just a friend. (You know, I would have suggested that jewelry was a better bet, but I guess he doesn't want to move too fast.) He is shown a cute little dog. Pablo/Pedro (whatever his name is) from Rodeo comes in on the same mission for Braulio.
Damian and Connie go somewhere in a car and have some documents. Connie gets out of the car and meets a mysterious figure in a black leather coat like someone from the Matrix. He hands him the documents.
Flor and Mari continue their discussion. Flor blames her drunken mother-in-law for everything, but Mari points out that Flor was really her own worst enemy. Sooner or later, she had to know Al would find out . . . Said Al is listening at the door and bursts in (scene from avances). Mari leaves and Al wants to know who told Flor about Connie? Was it his mother? No, she lies. It was Mili. He doesn't believe it.
Meanwhile, Connie comes back to the car where Damian is waiting. Damian wants to know who the mysterious figure is, by Connie cautions that it would be safer for him not to know.
Al and Flor have an argument about Mili that I don't have time to recap in detail. It's pretty repeptitive anyway. Flor immediately goes to Mili's room and tells her how she's lied to Alex. She tries to get Mili to take part in her deception, since Mili promised to keep the happy couple together.
Braulio helps Hugo seet up his new painting studio. He tells Hugo he's so happy that Hugo didn't take his niece away. Hugo tells him he feels Braulio is his new uncle too. Braulio gives him an overenthusiastic hug.
Braulio is called to the door where Pedro is awaiting to deliver flowers and a giant chimpanzee stuffed animal. Luci and Socorro are there. Luci somehow thinks the presents are for Socorro and she tells Soco she never thought Soco was the type to have lovers. Meanwhile, Braulio sweeps Pedro away with the ruse that he is dispatching him from the mansion.
Bobby gives Lina the stuffed dog, and they have an awkward moment. He asks her if she would like to go to dinner or a movie sometime. They're like high schoolers.
Hugo shows Mili a new painting he's made. Braulio has given him a picture of her mother, and he has painted a picture of Mili and her mother together. She really loves it, and they hug. Of course, just then Al comes in.
Cut to the entryway, where Luci and Andrea are having a good cat fight, a la Alex and Krystle on Dynasty. This fight should have been staged next to a pool or fountain, however, so the participants could fall in. Connie and Nestor pull the gals apart.
Al talks to Mili now about the past. He accuses her of deceiving him, but she tells him that she never was able to find the right time to tell him. First, she only found out right after he was already married. Once she decided to tell him when he returned to Mexico, Floreenda was pregnant, so she refrained from revealing the truth. That's why she married Hugo. She needs to forget Al. He says he is dying because of their eternal love, he is full of rage. His marriage was a mistake and he's going to fix it by getting a divorce. Mili says he can do what he wants, but she's not divorcing Hugo. In fact, Al is in their bedroom, and he should respect them. Ick.
Al asks how she could give herself so easily without love. Hugo must not really love her if he could take her without love. Mili says no, she gave herself. Al says that everytime he is with Flor, he has to hold his tongue to stop himself from saying Mili's name. He is crying now, and it is a very tough scene. She sends him away, saying that Hugo's love for her is very large--look at the painting he did. Al says that he has painted her with his soul and tattooed her on his heart. Al leaves, and Mili cries too.
The fearsome foursome continue arguing, but Damian breaks it up. He says that Connie is party president today and president of the country tomorrow. They should all work together. Dontcha just love Damian as the voice of reason?
Short scene of Karla going after her chicken pimp unsuccessfully.
Braulio talks to Pedro, all the while caressing him with one paw of the giant chimpanzee. It's just hysterical to see Braulio with the chimp hanging off his side. Pedro begs forgiveness for ignoring him for three years. Braulio isn't so fast to forgive. Pedro leaves, and Damian catches Braulio with the monkey. Brau laments that he will now be a laughingstock.
Al is crying in the family bar and Nestor finds him. He says he's always gone there to be alone when his parents fight. Nestor says that for three years he wanted to tell Al the truth, but Luci had fooled him with the paternity test. Al says he is an orphan now--Luci has taken away everything and the love of his life.
Avances: Mari gets a phone call that her father has been killed in a plane crash.
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NinaK: Thanks for the recap. Looks like the girls didn't go to Monterrey with Domingo. I think he was going to talk to them when he returned - or talk to Flo and Al when he returned.
So, now we have Constancio Soprano. Who'd a thought that? Do we all still love him now?
From lower Ala
So, now we have Constancio Soprano. Who'd a thought that? Do we all still love him now?
From lower Ala
Yikes...this show is getting depressing and scary again. Connie turns out to be far more lethal than expected.
Loved your "bada bing" quip, Nina.
I was in total wuss mode last night, left the room during both Querida Enemiga and Guapos. Took me back to the days when I dived under the theatre seat during Psycho.
Please please please writers...more "happy happy" as Lina says.
Loved your "bada bing" quip, Nina.
I was in total wuss mode last night, left the room during both Querida Enemiga and Guapos. Took me back to the days when I dived under the theatre seat during Psycho.
Please please please writers...more "happy happy" as Lina says.
That is a pretty heavy hint that Connie had Domingo taken out but we can't be sure. In any event one less rat-bastard taking up space in the story. I do remember that there was a scene right after the wedding outburst when it looked like Domingo told Mat that he was going to make a move to steal Connie's business because he was distracted. The shares remark was strange since the family owns all the shares. Maybe Domingo was too dumb to know that. In any event Floreenda and her slutty sister are now going to have to learn to live on their own. I see hard times acoming and the Domingo construction business going down the drain.
The Mili/Al scene was very difficult to watch as she tried so desperately to get him to see that like it or not he has a responsibility to Flo and the baby. You just can't be subtle with Al because he just doesn't get it.
The shrews in a cat fight. Who would have though that Luci would stoop low enough to get into a hair pulling match. She thinks she is so above the rest of the nacos around her but in the end she is the worst of all.
I also found that scene when Nestor found Al crying in the bar very sad especially when Al said he always used to go there when his parents fought. That tells us a great deal about how miserable his childhood must have been and how really bad the Belmonte marriage was (as if we hadn't already noticed). No wonder when things get bad Al always goes for a warm body.
The Bobby/Lina and Braulio/Pedro scenes were great. Very revealing and oh yeah what is with the stuffed animals in this story. Mili the newly wed has a big one sitting on her bed. Maybe a metaphor for the innocence of all these girls and the childhoods they missed.
One last note when MP2 got that phone call and said her father was dead I expected to see Mat's eyes turn into dollar signs. His ears almost twitched that here is an opportunity for him to get his hands on money and maybe power.
The Mili/Al scene was very difficult to watch as she tried so desperately to get him to see that like it or not he has a responsibility to Flo and the baby. You just can't be subtle with Al because he just doesn't get it.
The shrews in a cat fight. Who would have though that Luci would stoop low enough to get into a hair pulling match. She thinks she is so above the rest of the nacos around her but in the end she is the worst of all.
I also found that scene when Nestor found Al crying in the bar very sad especially when Al said he always used to go there when his parents fought. That tells us a great deal about how miserable his childhood must have been and how really bad the Belmonte marriage was (as if we hadn't already noticed). No wonder when things get bad Al always goes for a warm body.
The Bobby/Lina and Braulio/Pedro scenes were great. Very revealing and oh yeah what is with the stuffed animals in this story. Mili the newly wed has a big one sitting on her bed. Maybe a metaphor for the innocence of all these girls and the childhoods they missed.
One last note when MP2 got that phone call and said her father was dead I expected to see Mat's eyes turn into dollar signs. His ears almost twitched that here is an opportunity for him to get his hands on money and maybe power.
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: Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 12:08:00 PM EDT
: Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 12:08:00 PM EDT
Thank you, NinaK, you got all the important stuff in there. I liked the bit about how the two ladies should’ve had a fountain or something to fall into – funny!
I don’t get how Sergio can just announce to Connie that he’s taking over. I mean, wouldn’t Connie and the others have to sign something? And how exactly do you make someone else’s stock plunge?
I thought the monkey scene with Braulio and Pedro was a hoot, plus it was inspired in that Braulio was stroking Pedro with the monkey paw instead of his own hand, which could have alarmed those who are homophobic.
There sure is one helluva double standard with Al tied in knots over Mili and wondering how she could do it without love. As Beckster noted, he is a practiced pen-dipper.
I don’t get how Sergio can just announce to Connie that he’s taking over. I mean, wouldn’t Connie and the others have to sign something? And how exactly do you make someone else’s stock plunge?
I thought the monkey scene with Braulio and Pedro was a hoot, plus it was inspired in that Braulio was stroking Pedro with the monkey paw instead of his own hand, which could have alarmed those who are homophobic.
There sure is one helluva double standard with Al tied in knots over Mili and wondering how she could do it without love. As Beckster noted, he is a practiced pen-dipper.
I think they were hinting that Connie called in a hit on Domingo, but I think we will find that to be a red herring. Connie may be bad, but I don't think he's a murderer. If he killed someone, he won't be redeemable at the end, and he has to be. Maybe it will be a pure accident--convenient, though.
Judy, sorry you had to miss some of the episode last night. It was a bit sad, but nowhere like Psycho!
Judy, sorry you had to miss some of the episode last night. It was a bit sad, but nowhere like Psycho!
Thanks Nina! I was thinking when Domingo was saying goodbye to his daughters while they were eating outside that it looked liked a final goodbye scene because he lingered just a little longer than necessary. But I didn't see his death coming before that. Now the girls will presumably have control of all his money and holdings, so that should make for some interesting storylines.
I couldn't take my eyes off of that stuffed gorilla. I'm not sure what I would think if I received that as a gift! I still think they need to bring someone else on for Braulio, Pedro just doesn't seem to fit to me.
And while we're at it, they can bring on someone new for Hugo. I think he's going to need a friend soon, no matter how well he's holding up to this point.
I couldn't take my eyes off of that stuffed gorilla. I'm not sure what I would think if I received that as a gift! I still think they need to bring someone else on for Braulio, Pedro just doesn't seem to fit to me.
And while we're at it, they can bring on someone new for Hugo. I think he's going to need a friend soon, no matter how well he's holding up to this point.
I've always loved Connie. He is a flawed man, but his character has great depth, or at least Cesar Evora plays him that way.
Wait; that house has a bar/extensive wine cellar!?! And Lucifer is ever seen anywhere else?!? What they really need is a game room. A few rounds of billiards or ping pong would do the whole family some good. I do not recommend that they get darts, however.
I doubt that Connie will have put a hit on Domingo; it was just so blatantly hinted at that it seems like misdirection. I'm guessing either accidental death, or Domingo is faking his own death to pull one over on Connie. Or maybe Peralta did it to frame Connie and get someone else some political power.
We did not see Rocky and Val the entire episode. Holed up in her room, I assume.
The awkward scene with Lina and Bobby was funny because she said she would name the stuffed dog Bobby because that's a good name for a dog...uh, I mean, and a good name for a person, too. They're totally goofy but I think that's more realistic for people of their age/experience than the sudden swoony let's-get-married type romances often portrayed. Guapos kind of shows the whole spectrum of how people get together and interact.
I doubt that Connie will have put a hit on Domingo; it was just so blatantly hinted at that it seems like misdirection. I'm guessing either accidental death, or Domingo is faking his own death to pull one over on Connie. Or maybe Peralta did it to frame Connie and get someone else some political power.
We did not see Rocky and Val the entire episode. Holed up in her room, I assume.
The awkward scene with Lina and Bobby was funny because she said she would name the stuffed dog Bobby because that's a good name for a dog...uh, I mean, and a good name for a person, too. They're totally goofy but I think that's more realistic for people of their age/experience than the sudden swoony let's-get-married type romances often portrayed. Guapos kind of shows the whole spectrum of how people get together and interact.
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: Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 3:26:00 PM EDT
Wow Julia...you have a labyrinthine mind...I think we could get you on a telenovela team. I sure didn't think of all those things...just bought the airplane death hook line & sinker.
Anonymous, yes...some of us had a soft spot for Constancio in spite of his numerous, horrendous flaws. Everytime he choked up, looking at Mily or talking to her, we said "awwwwww". Cesar Evora is just good at making a skank have lovable characteristics.
And in real life, villanous people do have some good qualities and are loved by others even though they're awful. Cesar Evora though is really gifted and that voice is to die for.
Anonymous, yes...some of us had a soft spot for Constancio in spite of his numerous, horrendous flaws. Everytime he choked up, looking at Mily or talking to her, we said "awwwwww". Cesar Evora is just good at making a skank have lovable characteristics.
And in real life, villanous people do have some good qualities and are loved by others even though they're awful. Cesar Evora though is really gifted and that voice is to die for.
I too don't think Connie was behind Domingo's accident. He handed leather jacket man an envelope of documents. I suspect those might have been used to blackmail or embarrass Domingo or get him in some other kind of trouble. A mafia don's face is going to be well known so he wouldn't give the guy pictures and lastly Connie is a rising politico. He isn't going to jeopardize his future by letting a hit man see him, he would have sent Damian or hinted to Peralta. The death has to be an accident but I wouldn't be surprised of somehow someone hints at murder and brings big trouble Connie's way. In any event i've been waiting to se how they are going to get rid of him for a long period of time since he actually filmed a movie in the Dominican while Guapos was filming. He played the lead not some cameo. So I'm figuring jail time for Connie.
Permalink posted by : Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 4:04:00 PM EDT
: Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 4:04:00 PM EDT
Good work by Hugo on following through with his and Mili's pretence by getting rid of his bed and turning his room into a painting studio (complete with a really ugly couch for posing). I wouldn't be surprised if Mili has him sleeping on the floor. Also good work by Braulio finally coming up with a good excuse to give Hugo a really overenthusiastic hug.
JudyB: I saw Psycho when I was a mere child at the home of a friend with inadequately supervising parents, and decades later I still occasionally am afraid to get in the shower. Horrors.
Let's stick with the happy and funny, not murder and mayhem. Got enough of that on Amar Sin Limites.
JudyB: I saw Psycho when I was a mere child at the home of a friend with inadequately supervising parents, and decades later I still occasionally am afraid to get in the shower. Horrors.
Let's stick with the happy and funny, not murder and mayhem. Got enough of that on Amar Sin Limites.
Permalink posted by : Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 5:28:00 PM EDT
: Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 5:28:00 PM EDT
I watched this and loved the monkey and sooo cute the way he was being animated.
I'm thinking Connie wasn't responsible for the death, but something weird might result from whatever business arrangement they were entering into.
Sad to say, I know, but I was hoping that Flo may have gone with him and that takes care of Al's uh, problem. But, no, we saw her in the previews. Oh well. That would have been an acceptable death for her and Al spawn. It irritates me that she exists with that baby but likewise wouldn't want to see certain evil things happen to it, necessarily, either.
It seems like Toys R Us did a promo at Televisa this week with all these stuffies around. Too funny.
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I'm thinking Connie wasn't responsible for the death, but something weird might result from whatever business arrangement they were entering into.
Sad to say, I know, but I was hoping that Flo may have gone with him and that takes care of Al's uh, problem. But, no, we saw her in the previews. Oh well. That would have been an acceptable death for her and Al spawn. It irritates me that she exists with that baby but likewise wouldn't want to see certain evil things happen to it, necessarily, either.
It seems like Toys R Us did a promo at Televisa this week with all these stuffies around. Too funny.
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