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I just watched the movie The Soloist<\/a>\"\", and highly recommend it. It is an at times disturbing, at times profoundly humorous, but certainly over all thought-provoking, challenging and inspiring look at a range of subjects from religion and friendship to mental illness and homelessness \u2013 and of course, music.<\/p>\n

I understand it is based on a true story. Now that<\/i> would be an interesting label to stick on the Bible\u2026but that\u2019s a topic for another time!<\/p>\n

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