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* ForWantOfANail: It's strongly implied that a WildTeenParty thrown by the theater kids at Marge's house without her knowledge was singlehandedly responsible for her life turning out the way it did; after Lenny injured himself falling off the Bouvier's roof, Marge's parents got sued and had to file for bankruptcy, leaving them unable to afford to send her to college.
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* RetCon: Follows [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E11That90sShow "That '90s Show"]] in putting both Marge and Homer at school during TheNineties, instead this time it was high school[[note]]like with their original backstory[[/note]] instead of college. Also quasi[[note]]because "Treehouse of Horror" is not really canon[[/note]]-retcons their iconic "Life's a Glitch, Then You Die" Y2K-inspired segment of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX Treehouse Of Horror X]]" in that it changes the Simpsons' Y2K story.
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* RetCon: RetCon:
** Follows [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E11That90sShow "That '90s Show"]] in putting both Marge and Homer at school during TheNineties, instead this time it was high school[[note]]like with their original backstory[[/note]] instead of college. Also quasi[[note]]because "Treehouse of Horror" is not really canon[[/note]]-retcons their iconic "Life's a Glitch, Then You Die" Y2K-inspired segment of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX Treehouse Of Horror X]]" in that it changes the Simpsons' Y2Kstory.story.
** Marge's singing voice. In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E2AStreetcarNamedMarge "A Streetcar Named Marge"]], she was the leading star and got a standing ovation at the end for not only her acting but her singing voice. In this episode, she says that she has no singing voice and has a fantasy about a different singing voice and likes to work backstage.
** Follows [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E11That90sShow "That '90s Show"]] in putting both Marge and Homer at school during TheNineties, instead this time it was high school[[note]]like with their original backstory[[/note]] instead of college. Also quasi[[note]]because "Treehouse of Horror" is not really canon[[/note]]-retcons their iconic "Life's a Glitch, Then You Die" Y2K-inspired segment of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX Treehouse Of Horror X]]" in that it changes the Simpsons' Y2K
** Marge's singing voice. In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E2AStreetcarNamedMarge "A Streetcar Named Marge"]], she was the leading star and got a standing ovation at the end for not only her acting but her singing voice. In this episode, she says that she has no singing voice and has a fantasy about a different singing voice and likes to work backstage.
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* MusicalEpisode: Marge gets a different singing voice for the song numbers. This episode first aired on the same night as ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatNorth'' episode [[Recap/TheGreatNorthS2E01BraceOffAdventure "Brace/Off Adventure"]] first aired; that one is also a musical episode.
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* MusicalEpisode: Marge gets a different singing voice for the song numbers. This episode first aired on the same night as ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatNorth'' episode [[Recap/TheGreatNorthS2E01BraceOffAdventure "Brace/Off Adventure"]] first aired; that one is also a musical episode.
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* KarmaHoudini: Sasha got absolutely no punishment from holding a party at Marge's house and getting Marge's family sued for it. Marge's mother does show up to scold Sasha in the end credits, but beyond that, she gets no balanced repercussion.
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* KarmaHoudini: Sasha got absolutely no punishment from holding a party at Marge's house and getting Marge's family sued for it.it that it ruined Marge's college future. Marge's mother does show up to scold Sasha in the end credits, but beyond that, she gets no balanced repercussion.
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* KarmaHoudini: Sasha got absolutely no punishment from holding a party at Marge's house and getting Marge's family sued for it. Marge's mother does show up to scold Sasha in the end credits, but beyond that, she gets no balanced repercussion.
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* RetCon: Follows [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E11That90sShow "That '90s Show"]] in putting both Marge and Homer at school during TheNineties, instead this time it was high school[[note]]like with their original backstory[[/note]] instead of college. Also quasi[[note]]because "Treehouse of Horror" is not really canon[[/note]]-retcons their iconic "Life's a Glitch, Then You Die" Y2K-inspired segment of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX Treehouse Of Horror X]]" in that it changes the Simpsons' Y2K story.
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* WitchWithACapitalB: Marge dresses like a witch when exposing Sasha's lies.
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* WitchWithACapitalB: Marge dresses like a witch when exposing Sasha's lies.lies.
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* EpisodeCodeNumber: [=QABF17=]. The next episode is [=QABF18=], but [=QABF16=] is [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS33E3TreehouseOfHorrorXXXII "Treehouse of Horror XXXII"]], which first aired after both this episode and the next.
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* TwoPersonPoolParty: Sasha strongly hints that she and Barney had sex in a hot tub in the past.
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* AlphaBitch: Sasha seems to be one for the theater kids, excluding Marge from activities, even a party thrown at her own house.
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* WildTeenParty: Marge discovers that Sasha threw a party at her house in high school, which led to her family getting sued and not being able to afford sending her to college. In the end of the episode, the cast drives by with Homer shouting "Party at Marge's house!", implying that [[HereWeGoAgain they're about to do it again.]]
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* WildTeenParty: Marge discovers that Sasha threw a party at her house in high school, which led to her family getting sued and not being able to afford sending her to college. In the end of the episode, the cast drives by with Homer shouting "Party at Marge's house!", implying that [[HereWeGoAgain they're about to do it again.]]]]
* WitchWithACapitalB: Marge dresses like a witch when exposing Sasha's lies.
* WitchWithACapitalB: Marge dresses like a witch when exposing Sasha's lies.
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* ADayInTheSpotlight: Marge is the focus of the episode, with Homer having a secondary role and Bart and Lisa only having a few token appearances.
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* ADayInTheSpotlight: [[ADayInTheLimelight A Day in the Spotlight]]: Marge is the focus of the episode, with Homer having a secondary role and Bart and Lisa only having a few token appearances.
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* ShoutOut: Boasting of her Broadway success, Sasha Reed drops some big names: Creator/LinManuelMiranda, Creator/PattiLuPone, Sutton Foster and Music/StephenSondheim.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Boasting of her Broadway success, Sasha Reed drops some big names: Creator/LinManuelMiranda, Creator/PattiLuPone, Sutton Foster andMusic/StephenSondheim.Music/StephenSondheim.
** When she reveals the truth about Sasha, Marge makes herself look like [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} Elphaba]] with a black costume and green stage lighting.
** Boasting of her Broadway success, Sasha Reed drops some big names: Creator/LinManuelMiranda, Creator/PattiLuPone, Sutton Foster and
** When she reveals the truth about Sasha, Marge makes herself look like [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} Elphaba]] with a black costume and green stage lighting.
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At the funeral for Franklin Chase, Marge reminisces about the Y2K musical she stage managed back when she was in high school. She decides a revival is in order. All the actors are still in Springfield, except for one.
Sasha Reed returns to Springfield to boast about her success on Broadway and take over production of the musical, excluding Marge from a cast bonding session.
Marge discovers Sasha Reed is a fraud, she's really a sales associate at Sephora. Sasha walks off. Without Sasha, the other cast members don't want to be in the show, so they leave.
Sasha Reed returns to Springfield to boast about her success on Broadway and take over production of the musical, excluding Marge from a cast bonding session.
Marge discovers Sasha Reed is a fraud, she's really a sales associate at Sephora. Sasha walks off. Without Sasha, the other cast members don't want to be in the show, so they leave.
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At the funeral for beloved theater teacher Franklin Chase, Marge reminisces about the Y2K musical she stage managed back when she was in high school. She decides a revival of ''[=Y2K=]: The Millennium Bug'' is in order. order.
Marge imagines she has the voice of a Disney princess (Creator/KristenBell provides Marge's singing voice in this episode, while Creator/JulieKavner still provides Marge's speaking voice). In the revival of the musical, Marge will also be a stage manager.
All the actors are still in Springfield, except forone.
one:
* Lenny Leonard (Creator/HarryShearer)
* Helen Lovejoy née Schwartzbaum (Creator/MaggieRoswell)
* Dr. Hibbert (Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson)
* Kirk van Houten (Creator/HankAzaria)
* Barney Gumble (Creator/DanCastellaneta) %% Shelby Grimm provided Barney's singing voice in "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" but he's not listed on IMDb for this episode
* Waylon Smithers (also Harry Shearer)
* Sasha Reed, who's become a big success on Broadway and probably won't be coming back to Springfield even though Marge has supposedly contacted her.
At the suggestion of Bart and Lisa, Homer joins the production even though he'd rather be a supportive husband from Moe's. Despite his initial reluctance to be a "theater weirdo," he quickly warms to the idea.
Sasha Reed (Creator/SaraChase) returns to Springfield to boast about her success on Broadway and take over production of the musical, excluding Marge from a cast bonding session.
Marge discovers Sasha Reed is a fraud, she's really a sales associate at Sephora. Marge exposes Sasha to the rest of the cast in a song in which she wears a cape, carries a broom and is lifted on a rope to float above the stage. Sasha walks off. Without Sasha, the other cast members don't want to be in the show, so they leave.
Marge imagines she has the voice of a Disney princess (Creator/KristenBell provides Marge's singing voice in this episode, while Creator/JulieKavner still provides Marge's speaking voice). In the revival of the musical, Marge will also be a stage manager.
All the actors are still in Springfield, except for
* Lenny Leonard (Creator/HarryShearer)
* Helen Lovejoy née Schwartzbaum (Creator/MaggieRoswell)
* Dr. Hibbert (Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson)
* Kirk van Houten (Creator/HankAzaria)
* Barney Gumble (Creator/DanCastellaneta) %% Shelby Grimm provided Barney's singing voice in "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" but he's not listed on IMDb for this episode
* Waylon Smithers (also Harry Shearer)
* Sasha Reed, who's become a big success on Broadway and probably won't be coming back to Springfield even though Marge has supposedly contacted her.
At the suggestion of Bart and Lisa, Homer joins the production even though he'd rather be a supportive husband from Moe's. Despite his initial reluctance to be a "theater weirdo," he quickly warms to the idea.
Sasha Reed (Creator/SaraChase) returns to Springfield to boast about her success on Broadway and take over production of the musical, excluding Marge from a cast bonding session.
Marge discovers Sasha Reed is a fraud, she's really a sales associate at Sephora. Marge exposes Sasha to the rest of the cast in a song in which she wears a cape, carries a broom and is lifted on a rope to float above the stage. Sasha walks off. Without Sasha, the other cast members don't want to be in the show, so they leave.
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* MusicalEpisode: Marge gets a different singing voice for the song numbers. This episode first aired on the same night as ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatNorth'' episode [[Recap/TheGreatNorthS2E01BraceOffAdventure "Brace/Off Adventure"]] first aired; that one is also a musical episode.
* MusicalEpisode: Marge gets a different singing voice for the song numbers. This episode first aired on the same night as ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatNorth'' episode [[Recap/TheGreatNorthS2E01BraceOffAdventure "Brace/Off Adventure"]] first aired; that one is also a musical episode.
* MusicalisInterruptus: Barney begins a song about how he never fulfilled his hopes and dreams, but is just starting the chorus when Sasha interrupts him, saying that the story is sad enough already.
* MusicalisInterruptus: Barney begins a song about how he never fulfilled his hopes and dreams, but is just starting the chorus when Sasha interrupts him, saying that the story is sad enough already.
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* VocalDissonance: Marge's singing voice is provided by Creator/KristenBell, whose sweet, melodious voice is a harsh contrast with Marge's rough, scratchy speaking voice, which is especially noticable when her voice switches back and forth between the two in her first song. Justified in that it's supposed to be what Marge's singing sounds to her inside her mind.
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* VocalDissonance: Marge's singing voice is provided by Creator/KristenBell, whose sweet, melodious voice is a harsh contrast with Marge's rough, scratchy speaking voice, which is especially noticable noticeable when her voice switches back and forth between the two in her first song. Justified in that it's supposed to be what Marge's singing sounds to her inside her mind.
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* WildTeenParty: Marge discovers that Sasha threw a party at Marge's house in high school, which led to her family getting sued and not being able to afford sending her to college. In the end of the episode, the cast drives by with Homer shouting "Party at Marge's house!", implying that [[HereWeGoAgain they're about to do it again.]]
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* WildTeenParty: Marge discovers that Sasha threw a party at Marge's her house in high school, which led to her family getting sued and not being able to afford sending her to college. In the end of the episode, the cast drives by with Homer shouting "Party at Marge's house!", implying that [[HereWeGoAgain they're about to do it again.]]
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basis for comparison: The Simpsons S 32 E 5 The Seven Beer Itch
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* DreadfulMusician: Marge's actual singing causes everyone else except Homer to recoil in disgust.
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* DreadfulMusician: Marge's actual singing causes everyone else except Homer to recoil in disgust.[[note]]For comparison, watch the end of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS32E5TheSevenBeerItch "The Seven Beer Itch"]].[[/note]]
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* AbsenteeActor: Maggie does not appear at any point during this episode.
* IAmSong: Sasha's introduction, though what she says in it turns out to be untrue.
* ModestyShorts: Sasha can be seen wearing a pair in her introductory song.
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* VocalDissonance: Marge's singing voice is provided by Creator/KristenBell, whose sweet, melodious voice is a harsh contrast with Marge's rough, scratchy speaking voice.voice, which is especially noticable when her voice switches back and forth between the two in her first song. Justified in that it's supposed to be what Marge's singing sounds to her inside her mind.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Homer delicately gives this to Marge, in song form no less!
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* WhatTheHellHero: Homer delicately gives this to Marge, Marge about her actions exposing Sasha and ruining the play when she complains about everyone being mad at her instead of Sasha for lying, in song form no less!
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* WhatTheHellHero: Homer delicately gives this to Marge, in song form no less!
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* ActorAllusion: Marge says that, in her mind, she has the voice of a Disney Princess. Her singing voice is Creator/KristenBell, who indeed has been a [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Disney Princess]].
* ADayInTheSpotlight: Marge is the focus of the episode, with Homer having a secondary role and Bart and Lisa only having a few token appearances.
* ADayInTheSpotlight: Marge is the focus of the episode, with Homer having a secondary role and Bart and Lisa only having a few token appearances.
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* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Marge, Lenny, Helen, Dr. Hibbert, Kirk, Barney, Smithers and Sasha all were involved in the same high school play. Of course, Homer was at that school too
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* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Marge, Lenny, Helen, Dr. Hibbert, Kirk, Barney, Smithers and Sasha all were involved in the same high school play. Of course, Homer was at that school tootoo, though he wasn't part of the play.
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* MusicalEpisode: Marge gets a different singing voice for the song numbers. This episode first aired on the same night as ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatNorth'' episode [[Recap/TheGreatNorthS2E01BraceOffAdventure "Brace/Off Adventure"]] first aired; that one is also a musical episode. %% also Bob's Burgers?
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* MusicalEpisode: Marge gets a different singing voice for the song numbers. This episode first aired on the same night as ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatNorth'' episode [[Recap/TheGreatNorthS2E01BraceOffAdventure "Brace/Off Adventure"]] first aired; that one is also a musical episode. %% also Bob's Burgers?
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* TitleDrop: The title of the episode is dropped in one of its musical numbers.
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* TitleDrop: The title of the episode is dropped in one of its musical numbers.numbers.
* VocalDissonance: Marge's singing voice is provided by Creator/KristenBell, whose sweet, melodious voice is a harsh contrast with Marge's rough, scratchy speaking voice. Justified in that it's supposed to be what Marge's singing sounds to her inside her mind.
* WildTeenParty: Marge discovers that Sasha threw a party at Marge's house in high school, which led to her family getting sued and not being able to afford sending her to college. In the end of the episode, the cast drives by with Homer shouting "Party at Marge's house!", implying that [[HereWeGoAgain they're about to do it again.]]
* VocalDissonance: Marge's singing voice is provided by Creator/KristenBell, whose sweet, melodious voice is a harsh contrast with Marge's rough, scratchy speaking voice. Justified in that it's supposed to be what Marge's singing sounds to her inside her mind.
* WildTeenParty: Marge discovers that Sasha threw a party at Marge's house in high school, which led to her family getting sued and not being able to afford sending her to college. In the end of the episode, the cast drives by with Homer shouting "Party at Marge's house!", implying that [[HereWeGoAgain they're about to do it again.]]
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* AbsenteeActor: Maggie does not appear at any point during this episode.
* DreadfulMusician: Marge's actual singing causes everyone else except Homer to recoil in disgust.
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Marge, Lenny, Helen, Dr. Hibbert, Kirk, Barney, Smithers and Sasha all were involved in the same high school play. Of course, Homer was at that school too
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Marge gives one to Sasha in song form.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Homer's musical number has elements of this, especially considering it comes from [[HiddenDepths Homer of all people.]]
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Homer's musical number has elements of this, especially considering it comes from [[HiddenDepths Homer of all people.]]
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* MockMillionaire: Sasha pretends to be incredibly successful.
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* ShoutOut: Boasting of her Broadway success, Sasha Reed drops some big names: Creator/LinManuelMiranda, Creator/PattiLuPone, Sutton Foster and Music/StephenSondheim.
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* ShoutOut: Boasting of her Broadway success, Sasha Reed drops some big names: Creator/LinManuelMiranda, Creator/PattiLuPone, Sutton Foster and Music/StephenSondheim.Music/StephenSondheim.
* SuddenAnatomy: During his musical number, Homer's toenails can be briefly seen.
* TitleDrop: The title of the episode is dropped in one of its musical numbers.
* SuddenAnatomy: During his musical number, Homer's toenails can be briefly seen.
* TitleDrop: The title of the episode is dropped in one of its musical numbers.
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Marge decides to apologize to Sasha. Rehearsals resume. At the performance, Sasha's a hit. Marge is feeling lonely when some young stage managers who regard her as a living legend invite her to dinner at Ruthie's Diner.
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Marge decides to apologize to Sasha. Rehearsals resume. At The performance is a success, despite the performance, Sasha's a hit.play's abrupt ending at 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 1999.
Sasha predictably gets all the accolades. Marge is feeling lonely when some young stage managers who regard her as a living legend invite her to dinner at Ruthie's Diner.
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Marge discovers Sasha Reed is a fraud, she's really a sales associate at Sephora. Sasha walks off. Without Sasha, the
Marge decides to apologize to Sasha. Rehearsals resume. At the performance, Sasha's a hit. Marge is feeling lonely when some young stage managers who regard her as a living legend invite her to dinner at Ruthie's Diner.
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* NoEnding: The Y2K play abruptly ends with no resolution. Bart and Lisa complain about this and call it a copout.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Marge gets jealous when she notices that the cast has formed a tight-knit group and purposely excluded her.
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* NeverMyFault: When the whole cast quits the play after Marge fires Sasha, she continues to blame Sasha.
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* NeverMyFault: When the whole cast quits the play after Marge fires Sasha, she continues to blame Sasha.
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