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Jason Hirschhorn, curator September 19, 2018
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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I love stories. My mom told them to me as a child before bed. The counselors told some around the fire at CAMP WINAUKEE. If we hang out, I'll often ask, "tell me a story." If you want to be successful in business, you have to be able to tell a story. And as you know, I love movies and television. I love the escape. The worlds. The characters. The themes. The meanings. And behind every story is an origin. A history of how it came to be. An oral history. We're pretty addicted to oral histories at REDEF. So we often mash that up with our love of movies and television. We use our REDEF SETS as a great way to compile them for you. And here are some of the new ones... Who could have guessed the cast of GET OUT could find relaxation sleeping in a former Confederate hospital? Or that MARY STEENBURGEN shouting obscenities could be so funny? Or that BLACK HAWK DOWN would provide the emotional backbone for THE AVENGERS? The people who made them knew, and these are their stories. "Movie Oral Histories, Vol. 5"... What if BOJACK HORSEMAN was about a washed-up racehorse? What if BREAKING BAD killed off JESSE PINKMAN in season one? What if ELIZABETH and PHILIP JENNINGS took their kids with them back to Russia in THE AMERICANS? The creators behind some of your favorite shows spill the facts, both alternative and real in "TV Show Oral Histories: Season Six"... And because we love you and know how curious you are, here is an almost infinite time suck of our past volumes on movie oral histories: 1, 2, 3, 4 and TV oral histories: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... And if that wasn't enough (I sound like a "seen on tv" offer) here is every single oral history regardless of the topic that REDEF has ever curated. We're talking movies, television, music, sports, technology, fashion and more. Go deep right here... Happy Birthday to HAPPY WALTERS, JON BROD, NICOLE DELMA, and DOUG GOLLAN.

Jason Hirschhorn, curator

September 19, 2018