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But first you must write and recite, 1,000 times, the Act of Contrition.

When Jun recited an ancient Chinese poem in another instance, viewers criticised what they viewed as her wonky accent.

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As in many of her stump speeches and media interviews, she tends to recite her accomplishments as if reading from a resume, which sometimes reads as defensive.

“Killing the bass, flattening the mood and his muses / Making dad blow his fuses and beat me,” Antrobus recites, pausing for impact.

He recites a story that opens “Phasmagorica” of a shadow reaching out and touching someone on a shoulder.

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