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Now well into my dotage, I\u2019ve become ever more concerned at my relatively newfound propensity to tear up at the climactic moments of certain movies and plays. \u00a0I\u2019m justly famous in some circles\u00a0for my utter heartlessness and meanness of spirit, and this concession to weakness and human sympathy worries me.<\/p>\n
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Tonight, my sentimentality was\u00a0on full display near the end of Lion<\/em>. \u00a0Shame on me.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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