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TRANSCRIPT
- Is that perfect?
- That was perfect.
(upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) - [Janis] Music is about telling stories.
- Oh.
(upbeat music continues) (Marlee laughing) - [Narrator] Going to the Oscars.
(clapperboard clacking)
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