‘Gotham’: Rob Lord Taylor Slams ‘Homophob’ Agast Gay Pengu – TVLe

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Gotham star Rob Lord Taylor, who plays the Pengu, has h back at "homophobic" crics of his character's gay storyle.

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WH PENGU & RIDDLER, GOTHAM GAVE US DC'S BT GAY RELATNSHIP

By entwg the Pengu and Riddler a romantic relatnship, Gotham has crafted the bt gay love story ever seen on a superhero seri. * penguin gotham gay *

Wh Pengu & Riddler, Gotham Gave Us DC's Bt Gay Relatnship.

By stg Pengu and the Riddler as a romantic pairg, Fox's Gotham has given the bt superhero (OK, supervilla) gay relatnship, ever. Can you thk of any show that would take a character who is straight the ics, wh the same level of name regnn as the Pengu, and turn him gay? In fact, this relatnship might very well be DC’s bt gay relatnship, ever.

The relatnship has s issu, y, but ’s never prented as a “gay relatnship” jt... Thk of some of the “bt” reprentatns of homosexual characters ics -- Midnighter and Apollo for stance -- and you’ll realize there are always some issu, to put dly.

GAY PENGUS IN ‘GOTHAM’: FOX’S SUPERHERO SHOW FALLY GETS QUEER RIGHT

Oswald Cobblepot also known as the Pengu, is a gay character om Gotham. This sectn is need of major improvement. Please help improve this article by edg . Oswald worked for Fish Mooney before betrayg her to the GCPD police. He was found out and she orred Jim Gordon to kill... * penguin gotham gay *

The problem wh Midnighter and Apollo -- wh homosexual characters ics general -- is that most of the time, attentn is drawn to them, or the fact that they’re homosexual is pated as a big al.

Even amazg shows like Supergirl, the fact that one of the characters is gay is a big al -- wh plot l alg wh the character g out and how others will react. Homosexualy n happily ri mps. Thk of the Village People’s YMCA -- a song that appears to many to be a no more than a simple and mpy song, but is actually a homosexual anthem about public sex!

The mastream world has long shunned homosexualy, and even now treats as some strange other. When was first revealed, Gotham was still s first season, and was prented to the dience wh all the flair and dramatics as typil gay relatnship reveals, wh a smatterg of male gaze. They’re huge, huge villas, and Gotham has turned one of them gay, and the other?

GOTHAM STAR SHUTS DOWN THOSE WHO COMPLA A GAY PENGU IS NOT ‘CANON’

'Gotham" star Rob Lord Taylor addrs fans who claim to have no problem wh Pengu (possibly) beg gay — and yet actually do. * penguin gotham gay *

Oswald Cobblepot also known as the Pengu, is a gay character om Gotham. Oswald had been seen as ambiguoly gay by most fans.

ON ‘GOTHAM,’ PENGU IS GAY AND LOV RIDDLER; HERE ARE 4 ROADS TO ROMANCE OR CRIMAL BREAKUP

"What you're sayg is, 'I'm homophobic and I am aaid of gay people.'" * penguin gotham gay *

Adaptatnal Sexualy - Pengu is typilly straight the ics, but is gay the TV Seri.

Badass Gay.

Gayngster - Gay and head of the mob. Queer Character, Queer Actor - Rob Lord Taylor is also gay.

ROB LORD TAYLOR: COMPLATS ABOUT GAY PENGU ON "GOTHAM" ARE "A BUNCH OF HORSH*T""WHAT YOU'RE SAYG IS, 'I'M HOMOPHOBIC AND I AM AAID OF GAY PEOPLE.'"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY ADAM SALANDRANOVEMBER 15, 2016/11:23 AMBY ADAM SALANDRANOVEMBER 15, 2016 / 11:23 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ROB LORD TAYLOR: COMPLATS ABOUT GAY PENGU ON \"GOTHAM\" ARE \"A BUNCH OF HORSH*T\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-15T16:23:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-15T16:23:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT EVERYONE IS A FAN OF GOTHAM'S GAY TWIST THIS SEASON, WHICH FDS PENGU FALLG LOVE WH EDWARD NYGMA. BUT OUT ACTOR ROB LORD TAYLOR, WHO PLAYS THE PENGU, HAS NO TIME FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THAT'S A BUNCH OF HORSH," THE ACTOR SAID OF CRICS WHO CLAIM TO "HAVE NO PROBLEM WH HIM BEG GAY," BUT GROE THAT THE SHOW SHOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED IC-BOOK NTUY TO MAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YOU N'T SAY THAT TO ME IF YOU ALSO DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF NSTERNATN ABOUT [THE] BATMAN [MOVIE OM 1989], WHERE THE JOKER KILLED BATMAN'S PARENTS," HE TOLD THE DIENCE AT THE RHO ISLAND COMIC CON. "THAT'S A TOTAL PARTURE OM THE NON CHARACTERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAYLOR ADD THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO MD THAT GOTHAM'S BCE WAYNE AND SELENA KYLE (A.K.A. CATWOMAN) KNOW EACH OTHER AS CHILDREN, ANOTHER PARTURE OM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHAT YOU ARE SAYG TO ME IS, 'I AM HOMOPHOBIC AND I AM AAID OF GAY PEOPLE AND QUEER PEOPLE.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAYLOR SAYS HE'S NOT EVEN SURE PENGU IS ACTUALLY GAY, BUT MAY HAVE JT BEEN SO SPERATE FOR LOVE THAT HE ATTACHED FEELGS TO THE FIRST PERSON WHO WAS ACTUALLY NICE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I TLY BELIEVE THAT HAD BEEN BARBARA OR TABHA OR BUTCH—REGARDLS OF IF THEY WERE MALE OR FEMALE—HE WOULD HAVE HAD THAT SAME SORT OF OBSSN,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Rob Lord Taylor reach back to his memori as a gay teen to play inic villa Pengu. * penguin gotham gay *

It turned s gay subtext to straight-up text. Hypg up potentially gay stori that never e to un is a dispirgly equent piece of pop fictn’s morn landspe, after all. In fact, the Pengu’s g out isn’t jt an overdue tone for the character, ’s a rehg turn for the Dark Knight’s long, plited relatnship wh the gay muny.

Publisher DC Comics dodged an early attack on their rpectabily when 1954 fear-mongerg psychiatrist Fredric Wertham ma the supposedly gay subtext of Batman and Rob’s partnership Exhib B his qut to kill the ics dtry. But spe s nstant flirtatn wh queer inty, Batman’s world took forever to liver real gay characters – even by ic book standards.

Meanwhile, acclaimed wrer Greg Rucka did his bt to clu gay hero his Batbooks, but out tective Renee Montoya always seems to disappear whenever Rucka tak leave om the publisher, and his highly publicized reventn of Batwoman received equent cricism for beg a “lipstick lbian” – offerg a stereotyped portrayal of the male rearship’s expectatn for a gay woman as much as real reprentatn for the gay muny. The one mon thread all the gay supportg players the Batman i? The clost the anchise has ever e is the way Joker tnts Batman as “Darlg” Frank Miller’s legendary but often hyper-macho The Dark Knight Returns – a move meant to highlight the homophobic fears of Batman’s mostly male rearship.

ROB LORD TAYLOR SAYS GROWG UP OVERWEIGHT & GAY CONNECTS HIM TO THE PENGU 'GOTHAM'

Rob Lord Taylor, who stars as Pengu Fox's Gotham show set a pre-Batman Gotham Cy, has once aga blasted back at crics of the gay storyle * penguin gotham gay *

And while hero wh a veneer of queer dg like Star Wars’ Poe Dameron and Capta Ameri’s Bucky Barn blow up Tumblr on a daily basis, ’s odd that Pengu’s obv nature never spired such lls for gay fn. So homophobic fans better get ed to . And after seven s whout an openly gay man Batman’s world, ’s far past time that this reveal took hold the ics forever.

Rob Lord Taylor is upset bee people have been angry about The Pengu possibly beg gay – and moro that a male character might be reprented as gay – as opposed to other character tras or issu wh the show. As soon as he outed himself as a happily married man that loved another man, he was lashed out agast wh homophobic ments by so-lled fans of Batman – spe the fact that Batman would be agast such thgs and is obvly ol wh someone beg gay, as his Batwoman is gay, for example. People seem to have taken issue wh Taylor himself beg gay and that a male character might be gay, even though Taylor has th stated that The Pengu isn’t necsarily gay, or even bisexual, or even pansexual, or asexual, or hetrosexual – at this pot any “love” is an obssn for The Pengu.

Aga, before the storyle has fished people have bee up arms that a male Batman character might be gay, but when that issue is nonted, shifts to the ia that Pengu might have any kd of relatnship wh a man, even if ’s not romantic nature. A man havg sex wh a man, by the way, do not mean someone is gay.

ROB LORD TAYLOR SAYS BEG GAY, OVERWEIGHT TEEN HELPED HIM PREPARE TO PLAY THE PENGU"THAT WAS MY HUMAN LK TO THE CHARACTER."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY SNICKSOCTOBER 20, 2016/10:28 AMBY SNICKSOCTOBER 20, 2016 / 10:28 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ROB LORD TAYLOR SAYS BEG GAY, OVERWEIGHT TEEN HELPED HIM PREPARE TO PLAY THE PENGU","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-10-20T14:28:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-10-20T14:28:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SNICKS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE HIS BUT AS INIC BATMAN SUPER-VILLA OSWALD COBBLEPOT ON GOTHAM, OUT ACTOR ROB LORD TAYLOR HAS BEEN THE BREAKOUT STAR OF THE FOX SERI, WH HIS VERSN OF PENGU EPER AND MORE PLITED THAN WE'VE SEEN THE DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAYLOR SAYS HIS NUANCED PORTRAYAL IS HELPED WH S OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CHARACTER, TELLG FE, "WH THE PENGU SPECIFILLY, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 70 YEARS OF MYTHOLOGY TO DRAW UPON AND DO REARCH WH AND THAT'S WHAT I DID WHEN I GOT THE ROLE OF THE PENGU. THAT'S WHEN I LEARNED HE WAS BULLIED AS A CHILD, HE WAS ALWAYS TREATED AS AN OUTSIR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS THAT UNRSTANDG OF THE HISTORY OF THE CHARACTER THAT ALLOWED TAYLOR TO FD A NNECTN, SAYG "THAT WAS MY HUMAN LK TO THE CHARACTER. I LEARNED THAT AND I WAS LIKE, 'THIS IS SOMETHG I WANT TO SHOW AND ROOT HIM DOWN TO REALY.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"GROWG UP OVERWEIGHT AND GAY SMALL-TOWN IOWA AS A KID THE 80S AND 90S, WAS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IS NOW, AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH HIS TERVIEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOTHAM AIRS MONDAYS AT 8 PM ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

As for the other posters, qu blamg Taylor for seedg hatred when there has been documented hatred/ prejudice/ fear agast him when he me out and this whole “Pengugayte” is based on that and not ratnal evince regardg *this* versn of the character and chang the TV seri as a whole.

Did you know “Gotham” character Oswald Cobblepot (aka Pengu) is gay? Nygma wasn’t too keen on this ia, not bee he’s homophobic but bee nfirmed his spicn that Pengu had killed his love tert (Pengu’s thkg: Get rid of the girl and Riddler’s all me).

Furthermore, you thk Gotham wrers are shakg up televisn (and ic books) by announcg Pengu is gay?

GOTHAM STAR CALLS CRICS OF GAY PENGU STORYLE HOMOPHOB

One group was appalled that Gotham would ter om Batman non so abptly by makg Pengu "gay" (this spe the fact that Gotham has never had a strict adherence to non). It means that Pengu may not intify as a 0 on the Ksey sle, the soclogil ia proposed by Aled Ksey 1948 that humans aren't strictly heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual, but land somewhere on a sle between heterosexual (0) and homosexual (7). But Pengu's number is not necsarily enough to label him as all-out gay.

GOTHAM'S PENGU HS OUT AT "HOMOPHOBIC" CRICS OF THE CHARACTER'S GAY STORYLE

Labelg Pengu as gay, or even bisexual, and rootg for this uple assum that they are a normal LGBT relatnship, and they aren't at all.

Ten years ago, when you uld unt the number of gay TV characters seri regular rol on one hand, was cril that those characters be fully flhed out and not rerce stereotyp to the mastream dience at home.

), but the amount of gay, lbian, bisexual or qutng characters on TV wh varyg backgrounds giv Gotham some leeway to not pict a perfect, all-enpassg gay relatnship between Pengu and Nygma. Not everyone is a fan of Gotham's gay twist this season, which fds Pengu fallg love wh Edward Nygma.

IS ‘GOTHAM’ GOG GAY? A PENGU/RIDDLER ROMANCE MAY BE ON THE WAY

"That's a bunch of horsh, " the actor said of crics who claim to "have no problem wh him beg gay, " but groe that the show shouldn't have changed ic-book ntuy to make happen. "What you are sayg to me is, 'I am homophobic and I am aaid of gay people and queer people. '"Taylor says he's not even sure Pengu is actually gay, but may have jt been so sperate for love that he attached feelgs to the first person who was actually nice to him.

Rob Lord Taylor Says Growg Up Overweight & Gay Connects Him to The Pengu 'Gotham' From Heath Ledger as The Joker to Jim Carey as The Riddler, there's a lot of ep diggg actors need to do to succsfully pull off some of the Batman's most famo nem. ' Growg up overweight and gay small-town Iowa the '80s and '90s— was much different than is now—and I know exactly what that feels like.

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