There is a popular rumor that Church of Satan founder. Peering inside, Rosemary is horrified and demands to know what is wrong with her baby's eyes. Writer-director Roman Polanski has triumphed in his first US-made pic. Hutch doesn't mention what Keith Kennedy and Pearl Ames did to earn their notorious reputations, but Guy recognizes their names. A question about the book/movie: When Dr. Hill (Charles Grodin's character) tells Rosemary to lie down, and she awakes to find Dr. Saperstein (Ralph Bellamy) over her who takes her back to the coven, is it because Dr. Hill is a member of the coven or because he thinks Rosemary is nuts? Edit, This timeline follows dates as placed in the novel as accurately as possible, which were then replicated on the film, although the book is still the main source-and, as I. Levin intended, some of the dates follow suit on events in real life, i.e. ", "You look like a piece of chalk"). Guy Woodhouse, a stage actor, and his wife, Rosemary, move into the Bramford, a large Renaissance Revival apartment building in New York City. Which depends on whether Levin actually meant, at the end of the inner front page to the novel, "Well, that's what happened to Rosemary", or whether he meant "Or did it?" [6], Polanski completed the 272-page screenplay for the film in approximately three weeks. In the aggregate, it becomes less likely they are coincidences, however.Rosemary's pain and weird behavior (such as eating raw chicken liver) could be solely the result of the herbs and fungi she is eating and not of carrying a demon child in her womb. Absolutely fantastic! Rosemarys Baby. The Dakota's managers would not allow filming inside the building, so interior scenes were shot at Paramount Studios. He may give that advice to all his patients. See the soundtrack listing for this title. In whom I believed not at all". Outer forces with archetypal connections to Celtic and Roman paganism - gods or monsters or aliens or elementals that humanity had detected since our retreat into the caves where fire kept the bogeys at bay. Company Credits Of course, he's giving advice to Rosemary that is far different from what he gives to his other patients. In creating a horror story out of a shibboleth of evil that Levin himself was not horrified by or scared of, a dissonance is created that lends to a cerebral or intellectual -- rather than visceral -- reaction in those most likely to have read the book and/or seen the film.The witches evidently place curses on Mrs. Gardenia (who had a son and thus was not a full-fledged witch and opposed the coven about something of considerable importance, likely Terry), Donald Baumgart, and Hutch. (3) She hired or paid someone to move it for her, which is a common enough practice in a city like New York. Evidently the baby had some sharp points that had been growing into the walls of her womb. [13] In the roles of Roman and Minnie Castevet, Polanski cast veteran stage/film actors Sidney Blackmer and Ruth Gordon. After hearing the infant's cries, however, Rosemary gives in to her maternal instincts and gently rocks the cradle. This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd. Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on Ira Levin's 1967 novel of the same name. | By 1968, feminism was on the rise, and Rosemarys Baby became a conscious springboard to that effect. Jane Fonda, Patty Duke and Goldie Hawn were also reportedly considered for the role. She knows now that a coven can cast a spell with somebody's belongings. Its interesting that Roman Polanski, the director of Rosemarys Baby, is Jewish. In a scene where Rosemary is getting her blood drawn, Rosemary tells the doctor that she just saw the off- Broadway show "The Fantasticks." Frequently bought together + + This item: In Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective, a featurette on the DVD release of the film, screenwriter/director Roman Polanski, Paramount Pictures executive Robert Evans, and production designer Richard Sylbert reminisce at length about the production. (Otherwise they would have been inside when it occurred -- as the elderly couple seem to have nothing to do outside the Bramford -- and been subjected to scrutiny from the police.) Edit, Yes. Minnie confronts Rosemary about it, condemning Adrian Marcato, saying, "I could kill that crazy old man if he wasn't dead already; he's been the bane of poor Roman's existence!" "[31], On October 30, 2012, The Criterion Collection released the film for the first time on Blu-ray. Rosemary, unable to withstand the pain, insists on seeing Dr. Hill, while Guy argues against it, saying Dr. Sapirstein will be offended. He urges Rosemary to mother her child, promising her she will not have to join the coven. Edit, No. Rosemary hijacks the elevator at the Bramford, and tries to hide in her apartment, placing calls to her brother Brian in Omaha, and to Elise Dunstan. gave Rosemary. Before she passes out, she feels Guy undressing her. What did you say the name was? During her first trimester, Rosemary suffers severe abdominal pains and loses weight. Throughout the day, Rosemary feels a dull abdominal pain that flashes momentarily and then disappears. She tells this to her OBGYN, Dr. Saperstein, who convenientlyinforms her that the Castevets will be going on a long vacation andthat they're nothing to worry about. No pregnancy was ever exactly like the ones described in the books. The novel was adapted for the movie by director Roman Polanski. Some viewers mistake the flashback to Satan's eyes, after Rosemary views the baby in the cradle, as being the eyes of the baby, but they aren't. At the end of the opening credits, and later the spot where Terry dies, an overhead shot of the south entrance to the Dakota Apartments is shown. But the silver's still beautiful, beautiful. The story of a 1960s housewife who is married to a struggling actor who will make a deal with the devil himself Is The Bramford a real apartment building in New York? Rosemary meets the Devil (again, as she met him in Rosemary's Baby) at the end of Son of Rosemary when she goes to Hell. The Castevets are the central antagonists of the 1968 Soundtracks. How did Mrs. Gardenia move that heavy secretary? The intended producers were Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller. On their wall shelves, Guy puts Hutch's book about witches on top of two volumes of the famous "Kinsey Report" on human sexuality. Edit, No, it was already short. Ira Levins bestselling horror novel Rosemarys Baby is a paranoid fever dream about patriarchy. Her pain eventually goes away after she stops drinking it. Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 Greatest American Movies. Edit. Or it stopped due to Rosemary's discontinuing Minnie's drinks and cakes (after telling Dr. Sapirstein, who voices no disapproval) or perhaps due to an intervention by the witches as the pain could wind up forcing Rosemary or her friends to do something drastic (calling 911, going to another doctor or even a hospital, seeking out painkillers) that would impact the pregnancy and/or wreck the carefully wrought plan. During their spat, the pain abruptly ceases. It can be assumed that Guy was an easy mark. Guy seems terrified, but it must be the responsability dawning on him. A 20-something wife who appears to be at least 15 years younger than her psychologically Not showing the "monster" in a horror film is an old technique that creates a different type of suspense. She blends it and finds it delicious. She eats out with Elise and Joan, makes final choice on the tasteful birth announcement designs.Friday, June 24th, 1966 - Rosemary goes to Tiffany's stationery counter for some envelopes, when she runs into Dominick, Guy's vocal coach who purportedly gave him the tickets for The Fantasticks back in late September. In addition to the blatant product placement of Yamaha scooters in the movie, four other products are also spotlighted: Pall Mall cigarettes, Scrabble, Lipton Tea, and two references to the Time/Life publishing company, including use of the actual April 8, 1966 Time Magazine cover story asking, "Is God Dead?". (Roman tells her the baby "has his father's eyes".) feeling Rosemarys Baby is a story about 02:22 control through his fluid camera and 02:25 disciplined focus on Rosemarys point of 02:27 view Pulaski makes us | Rosemarys Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968) Polanski neatly establishes Rosemarys place in the zeitgeist by employing a trick frequently used by Mad Mens creators to establish cultural context: a shot of a magazine. In the very next scene Rosemary rings the Castevets' doorbell. Though the film suggests that Adrian (or Andy) is monstrous looking, in both the TV movie sequel. There are three possibilities about how an 89-year old woman was able to move a heavy secretary from its spot along the wall to a spot that obstructed the closet that served as a passage between her apartment and that of the Castevets. Therefore, the rent might be fairly low. WebRosemary receives a phone call the same day she and Guy are planning to make a baby. Bring mi som rut bir wen ya kom ta bed! The film deals with themes related to paranoia, women's liberation, Christianity (Catholicism), and the occult. Rosemarys attempts to protect her unborn child from the coven can be interpreted as a woman taking reproductive matters into her own hands any defying an Webto manipulate. | He makes a cameo appearance as the man at the phone booth waiting for Mia Farrow's character to finish her call. The turkey is overdone, and the pie is weird. You don't want that, do you? C.C. Just as Rosemary seeks freedom from Dr. Saperstein when she suspects he uses witchcraft, Gilmans narrator wants freedom from her role as her husbands case. : [5] Polanski read the latter book non-stop through the night and called Evans the following morning to tell him he thought Rosemary's Baby was the more interesting project, and would like the opportunity to write as well as direct it. She blossoms: goes to social gatherings and looks terribly happy. Rosemary says she will and proceeds cooking the dinner for her and Guy. [6] After negotiations, Paramount agreed to hire Polanski for the project, with a tentative budget of $1.9million, $150,000 of which would go to Polanski. Hutch laterdies, and Rosemary becomes convinced that the Castevets are part of acoven. The farewell is a warm, bittersweet one, and they depart on a taxicab and Rosemary and Guy wave them goodbye from the curb. Edit, Hutch just asked about the material in the filigree ball that the Castavets Dr. Sapirstein sedates a hysterical Rosemary, who goes into labor and gives birth. This movie begins a tradition of horrific pregnancy scenes in movies. In the book we learn the radio was a gift given to him during a farewell party the night before. Every moment the viewer spends doubting Rosemary's sanity they equally share her growing sense of panic, endlessly teetering between designating her a loon and wanting to protect her. The film's supporting cast includes John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Patsy Kelly, Angela Dorian, and, in his feature film debut, Charles Grodin. Rosemary is elated.Monday, October 4th, 1965 - Pope Paul VI visits NYC. Tony Curtis plays Donald Baumgart, the actor who goes blind, a character we only hear over the telephone twice, the first time when Rosemary calls to express her sympathy and the second when she calls to pump him for information to confirm her suspicions about Guy. And an idea of how ruthless and deadly her elderly neighbors can be. A few examples of this adherence to the source material are: You can see product placement for the Yamaha Corporation at the beginning of the movie when Guy appears in that Yamaha commercial: They repaid. Mrs. Gilmore tells her she should be in bed. WebAnne Perkins' obstetrician in Parks and Rec is Dr. Saperstein, the same last name as Rosemary's obstetrician who turns out to be a Satanist in Press J to jump to the feed. Guy seems to balk at the idea, but she aims to succeed anyway, and decides on January 22nd, a week from the following saturday. So, because of the unholy child inside her, this explains why the chicken's heart was the only raw meat that made Rosemary sick. Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by. She says that if she could, she'd kill her accursed father-in-law all over again for causing his son to become a pariah among some circles. He says he has since cut his nails. The conversation ends with Margaret pleading to Rosemary to stay indoors that night, as she still has a strong feeling of something being very wrong. She's a young, sheltered Catholic girl new to NYC from Omaha. Did Terry commit suicide or was she murdered by the coven? Roman informs her that the child has his father's eyes and his father is Satan, not Guy. [3] While it is primarily set in New York City, the majority of principal photography for Rosemary's Baby took place in Los Angeles throughout late 1967. Rosemary takes over, with the approval of Roman, suggesting that she has accepted her long-sought role as mother, even to the antichrist. A scene was shot, but not used, of the characters attending an off-Broadway play. Any of these alone would not be cause for suspicion. Two months later, in November 1967, after the first snowfall, a second unit flew back East to shoot the Christmas scenes in front of Tiffany's window and the Time-Life building. In the sequel novel "Son of Rosemary." Guy is still netting royalties from a series of Anacin commercials he had done in 1964, which earned him $18,000. She hears a baby crying, and is promptly told some new neighbours moved in with a newborn. [8][9], Since the book had not yet reached bestseller status, Evans was unsure the title alone would guarantee an audience for the film, and he believed that a bigger name was needed for the lead. The song's lyrics pose the question, "Why didn't Rosemary ever take the pill? One night, Terry apparently jumps to her death from the Castevets' 7th-floor apartment, distressing the Castevets. Connections One gets very annoyed that they don't catch on sooner. Besides, he tells her to call him day or night. | Rosemary is upset, but Guy argues that he wasn't thinking of Hutch leaving the book to her, but rather of her well-being. Guy is pleased and goes to tell Minnie and Roman Castevet, who make big hoopla and insist on having Rosemary see their friend, renowned Ob Gyn Dr. Abraham Sapirstein ("He was on Open End") and no Dr. Hill nobody ever heard of. At the end of the book Rosemary starts talking to the baby, and the coven gathers around her shouting "Hail Rosemary!". Sapirstein assuages Rosemary telling her the pain will be gone in a day or two. She finds scratch marks on her buttocks and backside. Roman Castevet drops in, and makes an impression on Hutch. She suspects that the Castevets and Dr. Sapirstein belong to a Satanic coven and have sinister intentions for her baby. "Rosemary's Baby" is a layered movie with many subtle touches that stand out more upon repeated viewings. [41], The short "Her Only Living Son" from the 2017 horror anthology film XX serves as an unofficial sequel to the story. Hutch's message about the anagram. [10] Despite her waif-like appearance, Polanski agreed to cast her. Everyone claims Dr. Sapirstein to be the best (even Hutch claims his daughter's child was delivered by Saperstein). One of the L.A. sets was used for a sequence in. Please don't read books. [10] Her acceptance incensed Sinatra, who had demanded she forgo her career when they wed.[11], Robert Redford was the first choice for the role of Guy Woodhouse, but he turned it down. (Many years earlier, Bellamy and Blackmer had appeared in the pre-Code 1934 film, This Man Is Mine.) He even has figured the best dates for them to try (October 4th and 5th). Abe Saperstein is the name of the man who founded the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. Dr. Saperstein tells her that its normal and refuses to prescribe anything for it. [34] In 2014, it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. [7], Casting for Rosemary's Baby began in the summer of 1967 in Los Angeles, California. He reluctantly agrees to go over to the Castevets on 7-A. We can Soon after, she grows dizzy and passes out. She arrives at the Bram, drinks her drink, and starts playing with Scrabble tiles, to find out this anagram, as she peruses All of Them Witches, the book Hutch becqueathed her. "Sneeps, an' snaails an' poppee dawgs teilss!"). | Guy either makes enough money doing commercials for Yamaha or, as the landlord admits, he's unable to raise the rent beyond the 15% yearly increase. Filming & Production Production wrapped soon thereafter. The film is unrelated to the novel's sequel, Son of Rosemary. In the novel, Minnie deduces that Rosemary has found out about Roman's father because of Rosemary's sudden behavioral distance. What is the timeline for Rosemary's nine-month pregnancy? Certainly, that element exists. [citation needed], Principal photography for Rosemary's Baby began on August 21, 1967, in New York City, where location shooting commenced. The spot where Terry dies near the entrance to the Bramford House/Dakota Building is only a few steps away from the place where John Lennon was shot. You're in Dubrovnik, I don't hear you"). Rosemary locks herself into the apartment, but coven members somehow infiltrate and restrain her. On one hand yellow stands for freshness, happiness, positivity, clarity, energy, optimism, enlightenment, remembrance, intellect, honor, loyalty, and joy, but on the other, it represents cowardice and deceit. She threatens to do the same to Dr. Sapirstein when he arrives and attempts to approach her. Why does Rosemary trust a quack like Dr. Sapirstein? They pay 583 USD (Two months' rent) and are told that they can take occupancy as of September 1st.Friday, August 13th, 1965 - Rosemary and Guy come into the apartment for the first time once it's been cleared out by Mrs. Gardenia's son. Because if you say anything more about witches or witchcraft, we're gonna be forced to take you to a mental hospital. Before sharing his findings with Rosemary, he falls into a mysterious coma. (The Devil drags Rosemary to Hell at the end of Son of Rosemary). Edit, We never find out, either in the book or the movie, why Dr. Hill (Charles Grodin) needed a second blood test because Rosemary is finally convinced to see Dr. Sapirstein and doesn't go back to Dr. Hill. Rosemary then tells them she didn't kill Leah, she just put her to sleep. Rosemarys Baby shares several similarities to Charlotte Perkins Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper, -- and not just in its use of the color yellow. They picnic on the bare living room on Tuna Salad sandwiches and beer, and make love.Wednesday, August 18th, and Friday, August 20th; 1965 - The painters come in, following Rosemary's color schemes, and so does the furniture they have been buying.Friday, August 27th, 1965 - Rosemary and Guy officially move into 7-E.Late August 1965 - Rosemary and Guy hear Minnie Castevet before meeting her ("Ro-maaan! On the night that they plan to conceive, Minnie brings over individual cups of chocolate mousse for their dessert. Andy (AKA Adrian) is not hideous and monstrous like he is in "Rosemary's Baby," where he has demon eyes, or more specifically, "tiger eyes", as. Not only that, but the mustache is "blonde and hardly noticeable", as it is described in the book. The baby is due in June of '66 otherwise know as 6-66. WebShe expresses barely any milk after the birth, and looks hollow and sickly during pregnancy. He is ringing the door of the Castavets in order to give them Hutch's glove. User Ratings The choice of John Cassavetes to play the vaguely sinister Guy Woodhouse was appropriate since only a year earlier he played the totally sinister Victor Franko in "The Dirty Dozen". Andy) is named after Adrian Marcato, Roman's father, an infamous Satan worshipper and witch. The colour yellow is used throughout this film, predominantly with regard to scenes including Rosemary, her husband, Guy, and their apartment. She aso gets, as a present, Terry's antique charm pendant. He fills them in on some of the unsavory, scary stories about the former tenants, all to no avail.Monday, August 9th, 1965 - Rosemary and Guy sign a two-year lease on 7-E at the Bram. Edit, Awards She apologizes, and claims that this has haunted Roman throughout his life. So the answer would be Roman was just a person easily aroused to suspicion. Before dying, he briefly regained consciousness and said to give Rosemary a book on witchcraft, All of Them Witches, along with the cryptic message: "The name is an anagram". The Wyoming- or running lines with Guy, who will start rehearsals for his play shortly. The perfume Rosemary is complimented on in Dr. Sapirstein's office is Detchma, created in 1953 by Rvillon Frres. [43], The film inspired the English band Deep Purple to write the song "Why Didn't Rosemary?" Rosemary is nonplussed. [13], When Rosemary calls Donald Baumgart, the actor who goes blind and is replaced by Guy, the voice heard on the phone is actor Tony Curtis. No two pregnancies are ever alike. Rosemary becomes pregnant, with the baby due the last week of June. His nickname is Joseph. Vidal Sassoon set her real hair, amid much publicity, for the second half. [20], In contemporary reviews, Renata Adler wrote in The New York Times that Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Emmys Hispanic & Latino Voices STARmeter Rosemary is puzzled and starts adding up her tiny bits of suspicion. Unconvinced, she enters the Castevets' apartment, via the secret passageway in the closet which she has uncovered, to find numerous people sitting around, drinking and celebrating the birth of a child, who is in a black bassinet. Rosemary has a Catholic calendar that marks Fridays with a fish to remind her not to eat meat. | And don't listen to your friends, either. Rosemary asks if that includes tannis root which Minnie acknowledges albeit in But from an eminent doctor, that could be interpreted as: I know what I'm talking about and they don't. She decides to tell Dr. Sapirstein on her next appointment and regards her neighbours with suspicion and mistrust.Wednesday, June 8th, 1966 - Dr. Sapirstein is comforting; Roman is dying and prepares to go on a final trip of his various favorite cities; they had not told Rosemary for fear of hurting her feelings. This could symbolize that Guy instead has visited the Castevets, or it's a literal clue that Guy now has become unpredictable to Rosemary. Rosemary's baby was born in June 1966 (6/66). After the show, they get to meet Van Johnson and Joan Crawford on the lobby of the theatre [note: this is a scene that Polanski actually shot, but was excised due to time constraints]. Edit, No. Three months later, Hutch's friend, Grace Cardiff, informs Rosemary that Hutch is dead. He denies ever giving those tickets to Guy. Waite, Chapter IV: The Rituals Of Black Magic: Section 4: The Grimoire of Honorius. but the fact he could barely afford it, and that's why he wound up doing what he did to move his career forward, because Rosemary's subtle manipulation (as he sees it) to move somewhere they could hardly afford leads to his actions. She demands to see her baby. Rosemary eventually deduces that Roman Castevet is an anagram for Steven Marcato, the son of a former Bramford resident and a reputed Satanist. Tanner is a very tall actor and fits the part here. The slight confusion she displays throughout the call was exactly what Polanski hoped to capture by not revealing Curtis' identity in advance. Hatami was an Iranian photographer who befriended Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate. After considering all the options she decides to raise Andy as her own. Also, much to her chagrin, gets her period.Tuesday, September 21st, 1965 - As Guy goes to visit Roman Castevet after dinner, Minnie drops in with her friend, Laura-Louise McBurney in tow, to "sit a spell" with Rosemary, who is up and around in her first day of period. Dees ees wot ai kol da longgg arm of coeeenceedens!") We can Metacritic Reviews. When she awakens, she is told the baby was stillborn. She is ambushed by Guy and the coven (minus the Castevets), and tries to escape, but is subdued and in a fit of panic, goes into labor.Saturday, June 25th, 1966 - Rosemary Woodhouse gives birth to her son, Andrew John Woodhouse, on her apartment in the Bramford, a few minutes past midnight. She spends five days there, pining away and comes back to a much more caring and tender Guy. In the book, this caretaker appointed by the coven to watch over Rosemary is named Leah, but in the movie, it was instead Laura-Louise, a character who, in the book, is a second woman in the apartment building who takes care of Rosemary following her birth along with Leah. He later went by the names Michel and Reyji. [1] Evans admired Polanski's European films and hoped he could convince him to make his American debut with Rosemary's Baby. He never shot any scenes that would have given a view of the baby. Films are rarely, if ever, filmed chronologically. Mia Farrow had had it cut short on the set of her prime-time soap opera Peyton Place (1964) in 1966, shortly before marrying Frank Sinatra. Her milk is pumped out, and the elderly matrons come and visit. "[26] Metacritic reports a weighted average score of 96 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". If the elderly Mrs. Gardenia had lived in 7-E for a long time, the rent would not have been as high as it would have been with a succession of different tenants. WebRosemary's Baby (1968) Marilyn Harvey as Dr. Sapirstein's Receptionist. Dr. Hill says the nurse didn't take enough blood for him to run all the tests he needs. ROSEMARY'S BABY has no graphic kill catalog like THE OMEN, no overdone action set-pieces, no blood and gore or green vomit. Fantastic! By raping Rosemary in 66 or 67, he insured that Andy/Adrian would be about 33 when the Millennium happened, which is about the same age as Christ was when he came to prominence. The elated Castevets insist that Rosemary goes to their close friend, Dr. Abraham Sapirstein, a prominent obstetrician, rather than her own physician, Dr. Hill. Hutch, an older man, at least in his 60s, falls ill and lapses into a coma, dying after three months but not before leaving a book and a cryptic comment for Rosemary. We get glimpses of the devil's yellow-slitted eyes, but only through Rosemary's dreams and imaginings.Levin's book is far more equivocal than the film. Other viewers conclude that Terry was compelled to jump by the witches, citing Rosemary's "dream" the night before, in which Minnie's voice was heard through the wall, telling Roman, "If you'd listened to me, we wouldn't have had to do this!.. They have a long conversation. When Guy attempts to calm her, saying they will be rewarded and will conceive their own children, she spits in his face. The quality of the young people's lives seems the quality of lives that one knows, even to the point of finding old people next door to avoid and lean on. Who were the Trench Sisters, Adrian Marcato, Keith Kennedy, and Pearl Ames? All that made Hutch a threat to be eliminated.Ironically, the vast gap between Hutch's sudden coma and death (3 months) actually contributes to Rosemary's suspicions of the Castevets as Hutch managed to rouse himself from the coma and leave his cryptic message for her, which she figured out and which gave her the key to Roman's true identity and, more importantly, his father, Adrian Marcato. Baby names considered around this time are David and/or Amanda.Saturday, January 22nd, 1966 - Rosemary's party is a raving success: all of her friends show up, and all of them comment on her strung-out look ("You look like Miss Concentration Camp of 1966! Rosemary receives a phone call the same day she and Guy are planning to make a baby. Rosemary, wan and listless, accompanies Guy for Thanksgiving dinner over to the Castevets. When Rosemary visits Dr. Hill for the second time, he's grown a mustache. 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