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Man + owl + woman = ?
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Life on the Blackboards
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An answering machine & blackboard help solve a couple's trials through communication
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Two women run from life, die parallel, and live again.
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Cursing Charlie
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Charlie and I are sitting on the edge of a canyon...
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