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THE BLUES BROTHERS

DANIEL DE VISÈ WHITE RABBIT

‘A big, noisy, (Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi), R&B (Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Ray Charles) and demolitionderby-style vehicular mayhem. This thoroughly researched and engagingly written account situates the film in its cinematic and sociocultural context, exploring how it captured the American Zeitgeist in 1980, despite the negative reviews it drew on original release.

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