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“In Chinese they call it ‘kill the chicken to scare the monkey,’” she said.

Their focus was on monkeys and apes that evolved in Africa, Europe, and Asia, including chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans.

That’s because they are hand puppets — a monkey in a suit and a red rabbit in a striped shirt, respectively — at the forefront of the beloved Chilean TV show “31 Minutos.”

“Wicked: For Good” takes us to a magical place where we witness wonders seldom if ever encountered in reality: a talking lion, flying monkeys, a woman forgiving a friend who steals her fiancé.

“I’ve learned a lot about what I might get,” she said, “but Mother Nature always has her monkey wrench in hand.”