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Falardeau Built Elvis Gratton to Be Despised. Q...

A caricature of the colonised mind, built after the 1980 referendum to make audiences uncomfortable. It became a catchphrase instead, and its creator never forgave the country for it.

Falardeau Built Elvis Gratton to Be Despised. Q...

A caricature of the colonised mind, built after the 1980 referendum to make audiences uncomfortable. It became a catchphrase instead, and its creator never forgave the country for it.

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One Student in La Chinoise Was Not Acting

Godard filmed five young people playing at revolution in 1967. One of them was a real militant. Six years later he was dead in a cell on Gorée, aged twenty-six.

One Student in La Chinoise Was Not Acting

Godard filmed five young people playing at revolution in 1967. One of them was a real militant. Six years later he was dead in a cell on Gorée, aged twenty-six.

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Donnie Darko Took $517,375 in Cinemas. The DVD ...

It cost $4.5 million, opened six weeks after September 11 with a jet engine falling out of the sky, and took $517,375. Then the DVD made more than $10 million.

Donnie Darko Took $517,375 in Cinemas. The DVD ...

It cost $4.5 million, opened six weeks after September 11 with a jet engine falling out of the sky, and took $517,375. Then the DVD made more than $10 million.

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ACAB Started as a Song Lyric

The earliest printed use of the acronym is a 1970 newspaper report about a teenager in court. Everything since has been about making the phrase smaller.

ACAB Started as a Song Lyric

The earliest printed use of the acronym is a 1970 newspaper report about a teenager in court. Everything since has been about making the phrase smaller.

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The French Motto Used to End in Or Death

Robespierre first proposed the words as an inscription for National Guard breastplates. Three years later the mayor of Paris painted them on the Hôtel de Ville with a threat attached.

The French Motto Used to End in Or Death

Robespierre first proposed the words as an inscription for National Guard breastplates. Three years later the mayor of Paris painted them on the Hôtel de Ville with a threat attached.

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Recorded in 1970, Released in 1973

Three musicians from Birmingham recorded an album in Paris in 1970. Unpaid studio time kept it off shelves until 1973, by which time rock had moved on without it.

Recorded in 1970, Released in 1973

Three musicians from Birmingham recorded an album in Paris in 1970. Unpaid studio time kept it off shelves until 1973, by which time rock had moved on without it.