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Jersey Drones, Person of the Year, and an Anti-Holiday Rom-Com | Peter Sarsgaard

2024/12/13
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Michael Kosta: 本期节目讨论了时代杂志缺乏热情的年度人物揭晓、新泽西州持续不断的无人机目击事件以及一部反映2024年美国社会现状的圣诞浪漫喜剧电影。对时代杂志选择特朗普为年度人物,以及候选人名单中出现卡玛拉·哈里斯和凯特·米德尔顿却输给特朗普表示了疑问和讽刺。对特朗普在获奖感言中讲述的关于老妇人买苹果的故事进行了批判。对新泽西州无人机事件,从民众的恐慌到政府的回应,以及各种猜测进行了详细的描述,并最终揭露了事件的真相是圣诞老人的无人机。对圣诞电影的评论,认为其反映了2024年的社会情绪,并对电影内容进行了简要的介绍。 Sam Jacobs: 宣布唐纳德·特朗普为2024年时代杂志年度人物。 Troy Iwata: 揭露新泽西州无人机事件的真相是圣诞老人的无人机,并对圣诞老人使用无人机送礼物和监视人们的行为进行了描述。 Peter Sarsgaard: 讨论了新电影《9月5日》,讲述了ABC体育广播团队在1972年慕尼黑奥运会恐怖袭击事件中的故事。对电影的拍摄过程、对细节的追求以及对1972年电视制作与现代电视制作的对比进行了详细的描述。表达了对1972年体育记者专业素养的赞赏,并对当时和现代新闻报道方式的差异进行了思考。还谈到了自己过往的角色以及对扮演‘坏人’角色的偏好。

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Why was Donald Trump chosen as Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2024?

Donald Trump was selected for having the most influence on the news in 2024, for better or worse, reflecting his continued prominence in American politics.

What were the other finalists for Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 2024?

The finalists included Vice President Kamala Harris, the Princess of Wales, Elon Musk, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and President-elect Donald Trump.

What is the conspiracy theory surrounding the mysterious drones in New Jersey?

The theory suggests that Iran launched a mothership off the East Coast of the United States to deploy drones for intelligence gathering, though the Pentagon denies this claim.

What is the alternative explanation for the New Jersey drone sightings?

The drones are actually Santa Claus's drones, used to deliver gifts and spy on people's bedrooms to maintain his naughty list.

What is the theme of the holiday movie presented by The Daily Show Movie Network?

The movie is an anti-holiday rom-com, reflecting the less romantic mood of 2024, where the protagonist resists falling in love during the holidays.

What is Peter Sarsgaard's new film 'September 5' about?

The film is about the ABC Sports broadcast team during the 1972 Munich Olympic terrorist attack, focusing on the dawn of live news coverage and its implications.

Why did Peter Sarsgaard find the film 'September 5' particularly compelling?

He was drawn to the film because of the point of view, which he compared to a submarine movie, and the relevance of the journalistic issues from 1972 that still resonate today.

How does the film 'September 5' portray the evolution of live news coverage?

The film explores the birth of live camera coverage, originally meant for sports, and its transition to covering events like hostage crises, raising questions about the impact of constant live coverage.

What challenges did the cast face while filming 'September 5'?

The cast filmed in a tight, claustrophobic setting reminiscent of a submarine, with hot, smoky conditions and limited space, to accurately portray the control room environment of 1972.

What does Peter Sarsgaard think about playing 'bad boys' in his roles?

Sarsgaard prefers playing characters who wear their sins on their sleeve, as he finds them more honest and less likely to have ulterior motives compared to 'good boys'.

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From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news. This is The Daily Show with your host, Michael Kosta.

Daily Show. I'm Michael Kosta. We've got so much to talk about tonight. Time magazine reveals the person of the year. We reveal America's hottest Christmas movie and drones turn out to be annoying. Who saw that coming? Let's get into the headlines. Let's kick things off with Time magazine. Every December they reveal their person of the year so that people can remember that Time magazine still exists.

Print media is dying, you know? Not like cable. We're doing great. Thank you. So this morning, the editor of Time magazine came on TV to reveal who this year's person was, even though the moment you see the editor's face, you know right away it's Donald Trump. And here to make the announcement, Time's editor-in-chief, Sam Jacobs...

I'm super excited to be here. Please, please don't be mad when it's the person we had to pick. Who is it going to be? The person of the year who, for better or for worse, had the most influence on the news in 2024 is Donald Trump. Okay, there it is. Donald Trump, 2024 person of the year.

That's the most unenthusiastic reveal I've ever seen. That's how I act when my sister gives me scented lotion for Christmas. Okay, there it is. Pomegranate dream. Thank you.

Now, obviously, Donald Trump is the person of the year. At this point, he's basically America's main character. So him winning is not surprising. What was surprising were the finalists. These were the five finalists here in no particular order. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Princess of Wales, Elon Musk, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President-elect Donald Trump.

Okay, look, no disrespect, but Kate Middleton was a finalist over Joe Biden. Joe Biden is the president of the United States. I mean, sure, Kate Middleton is the leader of Hamas, but still, it should be the sitting president as a finalist. But I guess, once again, time has not been kind to Joe Biden. But also...

But also, why did they put Kamala Harris on the list? I know they're trying to pay her some respect, but all they did was just make her lose to Donald Trump again. Kamala, we just entered you in a golf tournament at Mar-a-Lago. Oh, guess you lost again. Longest tie contest. Oh, lost again.

Anyway, Donald Trump was happy to win, and he accepted his award with a speech at the New York Stock Exchange. Although because he's the people's president, he made sure to highlight the very real stories of real Americans who are really suffering for real. I tell the story about a woman who...

an old woman, an old woman, no money, went to a grocery store, had three apples. She put them down on the counter and she looked and she saw the price and she said, "Would you excuse me?" And she walked one of the apples back to the refrigerator and came back to pay for the two apples.

And she left with two apples, and the woman at the counter said that was so sad. Yeah, yeah. You know, never in America should an old woman be forced to return an apple to the refrigerator at the grocery store, where they always keep the apples. Now, that poor old woman can't afford her three-apple lunch anymore.

She could only buy two apples, and if she's anything like the old women I see at my grocery store, and her carton of cigarettes and scratch-off tickets. But, by the way, that old woman's name? Granny Smith. Really makes you think. Really makes you think. Seriously.

Seriously, that was the worst story I've ever heard. That's like when my daughter is refusing to go to bed and she asks me to make up a story. Oh, yeah, once there was an old woman. She tried to buy three apples, then she ended up buying two. Okay, sweetie, Dada has to go watch Shogun. Good night. Let's move on to another story that's been gathering steam for a few days in the big question that's on everybody's mind. What is going on in New Jersey? That beats me.

I don't know. Beats me, buddy. But what's actually going on is pretty bizarre.

People in New Jersey are concerned and demanding information after a wave of mysterious drone sightings. Since last month, dozens of drones mysteriously hovering in the skies at night. A New Jersey legislator posting on X that the drones appear much larger than typical hobby drones, in some cases up to six feet. They often fly with their lights off, making them harder to detect. That's right. UFOs over New Jersey, or as they call them in New Jersey, unidentified f***ing objects.

Oh! Now, mysterious drones in the sky are scary, and they raise a lot of questions, like, could they shoot me? You know? And after the year, this has been, could they please shoot me? And now the people of New Jersey are pointing their phones at the sky.

That is not an airplane. It looks like a spaceship. That's not a plane. That is a drone in the airspace. Definitely not planes. And there were too many of them. There's no way planes could fly that close together. You can hear that one. That is definitely a plane. Don't worry, guys. New Jersey's on the case. In this drone, this drone looks a lot like my finger.

Now, there might be a simple explanation for all this, but this is America, and we pride ourselves on doing our own research. So cue the X-Files. What's going on in America? Why doesn't our government tell us what's going on in these skies? The other night, there was, right here over at Picatinny, there was a drone just hanging out. I put my drone up in the air and went towards it,

I had full battery life. Not three minutes into the flight, I lost control of the drone. One family claims they followed a drone in their car, and while it hovered above them, the clock in their car changed times. Then they say the clock went back to normal after they drove off. You know, Americans aren't allowed to look up anymore. And this all sounds like the world's most boring Steven Spielberg movie. No, no, I wasn't abducted, but my clock was slightly off for one minute.

People are so dramatic, but I'm sure the New Jersey cops can clear all this up. New Jersey State Police and the State's Office of Homeland Security say that the state has no information about who is behind the drones and why they're flying them. Authorities in Toms River, New Jersey, launching their own drone offensive for a closer look. I think I know what's going on here. We spotted a drone in the sky, so we're gonna launch a drone to find out what... Holy shit, now there's two drones up there.

We should put another drone. Holy shit, there's three drones up there.

But you know what? Forget the local police. If we want answers, we should ask New Jersey's elected officials. They were elected for a reason, and they can provide us with sane, informed explanation. New Jersey Representative Jeff Van Drew on cable news claiming he's been privy to top-secret information about the drones. From very high sources, very qualified sources, very responsible sources, I'm going to tell you the real deal.

Iran launched a mothership probably about a month ago that contains these drones. That mothership is off. I'm going to tell you the deal. It's off the east coast of the United States of America. Look, I know some of you are like, hey, can you stop making fun of New Jersey? You elected this guy. No. Holy shit. There's an Iranian mothership?

Launching drones off the East Coast? Oh, you know what? Probably to gather intelligence on New Jersey's rich tapestry of shopping malls. This is huge, though. This is a national emergency, and a congressman said it, so it's definitely true. The Pentagon Wednesday striking down claims that Iran is behind those drones. There is no Iranian ship off the coast of the United States, and there's no so-called mothership launching drones towards the United States. No mothership?

So you're telling me is that Iran doesn't have Independence Day technology? Can I still blame Iran for all my other problems? Because that was going to be my defense on all those reckless driving tickets. But this is progress, actually, because clearly the federal government knows what these things are. And all we got to do is ask them.

Tony Gonzalez, the congressman, had this question for the assistant FBI director. Watch. You're telling me we don't know what the hell these drones are in New Jersey are? Is that correct? That's right. Wait a minute. The federal government, despite the bazillion dollars it spends every year on surveillance, doesn't know what's going on here?

I texted the word vacation once to my wife three weeks ago, and Google's still serving me ads for Airbnbs. But there's an invasion of sky robots right now above our heads, and the FBI's like, oh, no.

You know, this tells me two things. One, we need to devote way more resources to our oppressive surveillance state. And two, there's some really good deals on Airbnbs in Slovenia, so pack your bags. To find out the truth about these drones, we go live to New Jersey with Troy Iwata. Troy, Troy, please, tell me you learned something out in New Jersey.

Sure. I came to New Jersey and learned something. That's hilarious, Michael. Back to you. Wait. No, no, Troy. We sent you out there to find out about the drones. It's important. Tell us about the drones. Yes. Well, I asked some questions, and I realized I shouldn't have been asking questions. So, let's just mind our own business and move on. Merry Christmas, Costa. No. No.

No, no, I don't accept that. People are freaking out about the drones. And if you know something about it, you should tell us. You should tell, right? Everybody? Tell us! Tell us! Tell us! Okay, fine! Fine! It's Santa, okay? Okay.

They're Santa Claus's drones. Santa? No, great. Now, look, he's pulling them away and Christmas is canceled. You're not going to get your precious Wicked dolls anymore. I hope you're happy. I hope you're happy now, you nosy bitch. That's impossible. Santa Claus has a magic sleigh. He comes down the chimney.

Santa's getting old. Okay? You try shimmying down a chimney with hypertension and a hernia. All right? So now he uses drones to get gifts across the world and to spy on people's bedrooms to watch them cheat on their spouses. Oh. So he can put them on his naughty list. Sure.

Yeah, yeah, it's not a power and control thing. I had no idea. Now I'm embarrassed. We were thinking it was the Iranians gathering information. Oh, no, no. Although Santa is selling some of that information to Iranians, yes. But why would Santa do that? Santa has bills to pay, Michael. Okay, do you think he can cover his rent with the two Chips Ahoy cookies you put out for him? It's super generous. Like most of us, Santa sells a few state secrets to Iran.

And they get along because they're both Muslim. - What, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Santa's not Muslim. - Um, he has a long beard and he works on Christmas, Costa. Or at least he did, but now that the secret's out, it's all canceled. - Oh man. I'm sorry, Troy. I feel like, I feel like I ruined Christmas. - No, you don't have to say that. Remember, Michael, this is New Jersey.

No one deserves to have joy here. And that is the true meaning of Christmas. You know what? You're right. Troy Awada, everybody. When we come back, check out this year's hottest holiday movie, so don't go away.

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Hi everyone, it's Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb from the Today Show. We love this time of year. There's so much to celebrate. That's right, nobody does the holidays quite like today. All season long, join us for special performances with the brightest stars. Plus, festive recipes to whip up the perfect holiday feast and great deals on the hottest toys and gifts for everyone on your list. So join us every morning on NBC to make today your home for the

How crispy are the new Delimex crispy quesadillas? Let's see. I'm going to pop one in the microwave. Yeah, Delimex crispy quesadillas are crispy even from a microwave. I can already smell it. Heads up, if you hate loud crunching, you might want to mute. Mmm, so crispy. Like, barely hear myself think crispy. These should come with a warning. Mmm. If this crispiness is making you hungry, get to your closest grocery store for Delimex crispy quesadillas. In the frozen aisle.

Welcome back to The Daily Show. It's December, the time of year when TV networks drop dozens of holiday movies where people fall in love thanks to the power of Christmas. But even though this year might not have left people feeling very romantic, that hasn't stopped our holiday movie from trying.

She was a big city career gal in the big city with a career and she was sparkling with holiday spirit. This year is stuck. I just can't wait to go home and hide from the world. But to fully embrace this Christmas season, she had to leave the cold heartless city and head to her charming small hometown. So what do you want to do kiddo? I want to move to Canada dad.

I'm not kidding. After all, 'tis the season to fall in love. me. Christine. Dad? You're back in small townsville. Would you want to go ice skating with me later today? No, I'm not doing this whole thing. Not this year. Bye. Sometimes the thing you need the most is waiting for you back home.

Hey, it's in the neighborhood. It got me thinking that the cosmos is complicated. I'll take this, though. It might not be the Christmas she expected, but magic is in the air. Yum. Thank you. The secret ingredient to all my pies is love. You know, Christmas time is the best time to fall in love. Not this year. Thank you.

Not this year. Sometimes you need good friends to point out what's been right in front of you all along. Guess who's here? It's Scott from high school. He's become quite the handsome widower. I think he likes you. How many times do I have to tell you people I am not down for a rom-com right now? And for the last time, I'm not joining your MLM.

Christmas is when wishes come true. And this year, she's wishing for true love. No, I'm not. But it's Christmas. Don't care. And you're home for the holidays, where the magic of Christmas romance takes hold. You know what? Read the room, buddy. Did you not see the election? I only exist in Christmas movies. What's an election? Christine, there's someone here to see you.

Christine, I know it's Christmas Eve and I'm just a single dad with three adorable kids. Will you be our mommy? This is literally the first time we met. And I know you're a big city Christmas journalist and I'm a rugged man who works at every small business in town. But Christine, Christmas is about being with the people you love. That's what I keep telling her. That's what I told her too. Oh my God. All right, enough. All of you.

Why do I even have to go home for the holidays? It's not even my real mom, it's just some Canadian actress. Hey, are you single?

We wish you a Merry Christmas. We wish you a Merry Christmas. No, thank you. No, thank you. No, thank you. No, thank you. No, thank you. So get cozy with the one you love because this holiday season, the Daily Show Movie Network presents A Very 2024 Christmas. We wish you a Merry Christmas. And the Merry Christmas.

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Hi everyone, it's Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb from the Today Show. We love this time of year. There's so much to celebrate. That's right. Nobody does the holidays quite like today. All season long, join us for special performances with the brightest stars. Plus, festive recipes to whip up the perfect holiday feast and great deals on the hottest toys and gifts for everyone on your list. So join us every morning on NBC to make today your home for the

How crispy are the new Delimex crispy quesadillas? Let's see. I'm going to pop one in the microwave. Yeah, Delimex crispy quesadillas are crispy even from a microwave. I can already smell it. Heads up, if you hate loud crunching, you might want to mute. Mmm, so crispy. Like, barely hear myself think crispy. These should come with a warning. Mmm. If this crispiness is making you hungry, get to your closest grocery store for Delimex crispy quesadillas. In the frozen aisle.

Welcome back to The Gary Show. My guest tonight is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated actor whose new film is called September 5. Please welcome Peter Sarsgaard. Wow. Great film. Thank you. Is this film going to make me respect sports reporters? Because I don't want to. You know, I always loved Jim McKay, who's in this movie. Yeah. You know, and a lot... I was a huge sports fan growing up. I still am, I guess. Yeah.

Some of my favorite people, sports reporters, so deal with it. Okay, so, but you were acting along with real doc footage because you mentioned Jim McKay. You actually are showing him in this pivotal moment in September 5th, 1972. Yeah, I mean, actually when they were first talking to me about doing the movie and I saw the Jim McKay footage from that day. Right.

That was really one of the things that pushed me over the edge. It's like hearing, you know, your favorite actor is going to do it. I was like, my favorite commentator is going to do it. What drew you to the film besides that? Because we've had a movie about, you know, Munich. We've had a movie about that event. We've had a lot of footage. Yeah, great documentary. There's Visions of Eight, Day in September. I think it was the point of view. In some ways, it was almost like a...

submarine movie or something to me. All these guys in front of controls and the periscope is the camera. And I think the live camera, the birth of the live camera, turning it from sports, which is what it was kind of meant for, and then turning it onto this hostage crisis in Laos. We have this rolling 24-hour coverage that's live and

I don't think it's been a great thing. So I think this is sort of the dawn of something that we kind of need to think about. A lot of the issues that are in the film from 1972 are still the same issues we need to be thinking about. That blew me away, how relevant so much of the journalistic stuff... I mean, now I can go live right now on this. Boom. By the way, I'm live right now. Uh-huh. No. And the amount of respect that was given to live in 1972 because it hadn't been done before? Yeah, I mean...

you know, what is it to have live news coverage? Why is that good? -Right. -Is, you know, having your face right up to something like this and make it more understandable? -Yeah. -In some ways, they had this new toy. -Right. -Which, you know, Rune Ulrich, who I play, was known for --

really making the best seat for the sporting event be at home in your living room. -Yeah. -You were gonna know more, you were gonna see more, you were gonna have the background story, you had the on-field camera. But is that really important for, like, a hostage crisis or a school shooting or something like that? -Right. -Why --

Why do we do that, you know? -It's so true now with sports where I go, "You know, I'd rather sit at home. I'm gonna get the speed of the ball. I'm gonna see the revolutions." But I don't know if I'm a better person for that necessarily. And maybe in sport it's perfect because the stakes are low. -Yeah, I mean, the interesting thing is, at first, you know, with Roone and all these ideas, they were afraid that they weren't gonna be able to sell tickets. -Right. -They didn't want the best seat to be at home. -Right. -It didn't stop people from wanting to see it live.

The attention to detail in this film. Shooting a TV show 50 years ago, I mean, like, the -- It's real tape. It's film. -Yeah. -And then they had to do the graphics, you know, and they're actually, like, putting typeface. It blew me away. -Yeah, and the way that they slow down the film to do the -- -Was that bullshit? -No, that's the way they did it. -Slow motion was a guy who just moved his hand slower. -Well, we had our director, Tim Feldbaum,

was just obsessive. When I met him, he was showing -- I remember one of the first things he did is he said, "I'm thinking you'll shave at some point in the film. Look at this period-correct shaver that I have."

And I was like, this guy's clearly meant to do this. It's very helpful to have all of that real stuff in front of you. A lot of times, you know, speaking of submarine movies, I've done submarine movies where it was like, it looks really cool if you flick this thing and pull this thing this way and then go like that. And you're like, what does that do? We have no idea. But

But Tim would say, first you have to hit this, then you have to point at that, then he's going to flick this thing. It was all accurate. That's the control room. And your character is pretty much in his office or control room the entire time. Yeah. What was that shot over many, many days, obviously? But, I mean, that was felt.

claustrophobic almost like a submarine movie, but I guess that was the intended purpose. We're filming in Munich at Bavaria Studios, and technically they should be able to make, we're on a soundstage, so they should be able to make the walls fly away. Right. But he didn't want that. He wanted it to feel very tight. We had two cameras, three people on each camera, maybe eight actors in the room.

It's hot. It's smelly. It's smoky. But I guess that's the way it was. He was very into making us uncomfortable. It comes across, and it's very entertaining to watch. And I thought, holy shit, I want to make

TV in 1972, but instead I make it in 2024, and I'm a piece of shit. And, you know, I wish I could be in 1972. Sports journalists, to me, it's just, "What do you do in the second half, coach?" -Yeah, yeah. -And I was watching this thinking, "Wow, they -- these sports journalists handled real journalism so well." And it made me think if ESPN+ could pull this off today.

If we have -- You know, there's so many channels. Could they handle a hostage crisis so eloquently? Jim McKay looked like he was meant for it. -Well, it was a different time. I mean, these guys were real storytellers. That was the thing, and they were, you know,

what happened at this moment, because Roone went on to do news. He was head of news. -Yeah, which is fascinating, too. Yeah. -And he actually did news and sports at the same time at one point. And so this idea of making sports entertaining for even people who don't follow sports. Like, remember the -- My Aunt Mary would watch the Olympics. She never watched anything else sports-related. But the Olympics was like, "We learn he came from Nebraska. He's shooting hoops in his backyard."

She's weeping after you... Her father slipped on the steps when she was in eighth grade. Right, but then he took that into news, and now we do have news that, you know, tries to be entertaining, tries to compete with other news stations. I don't know what you're talking about. And, uh...

And for better or worse, we need, like, tidy endings and, you know, beginnings, middles, and ends. And I think that that's become a problem. Live audiences and audience warm-up guys.

I don't know. I mean, are we better for this? I don't know. I think what's good for you is that you acknowledge that you are both. It's the illusion that they are the other stations that we won't talk about. Man, you've played so many wonderful characters, characters that I love.

The Apple show presumed innocent. You played the kind of dickhead lawyer. You played a serial killer in Boys Don't Cry. You were the villain in Green Lantern. You had this enormous forehead. Do we have a picture of this green? I mean, I mean, what? I'm sorry. You've played so many characters. But this costume, how did you lose the forehead weight?

How did you gain the forehead weight? I'm going to tell you something. I didn't know about the prosthetics until after I said yes. Right. I actually arrived on set and they were like, oh, and you're going to go meet the prosthetics team. And I was like, oh, what prosthetics? And then they went. That is crazy. And it was New Orleans and it was summer. Oh, man.

Which is why in many scenes in that movie, I'm not wearing trousers because it's from here up. That's the secret, actually, to that guy. Don't wear trousers. No. I should try that here. Do you like playing bad boys? Peter, Peter, Peter. Sorry. You know, I stood up. Do I like playing bad boys? Was he trying to look at my dick? Peter, are you a bad boy, Peter?

I don't like the responsibility of playing a good boy, I guess. I don't believe in them. Whenever I've met them in my life, I think they have some ulterior motive. I really appreciate the honesty of somebody that just wears their sins on their sleeve. You know comedians that are always like, I'm clean, I'm clean. They're always the most f***ed up. Yeah.

Look, this film is excellent. Thank you. It's nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama. It's going to get even more. September 5th is in select theaters starting December 13th. It will be nationwide on January 17th. Peter Sarsgaard. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back after this.

That's the show for tonight. Now here it is, your moment of sound. Someone at the Patriot Awards told me, tell Brian, I don't get dressed when he tells me to. I stay, I watch Fox News in my bathrobe. All right, send us pictures. No, no, do not. He's wrong. Do not send us pictures. In the bathrobe. Thank you.

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