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And Lucky’s monologue—veering inanely through realms including religion, academics and sports—is delivered by Mr. Thornton not, as it usually is, as a galloping pile of gabble, but with a musing seriousness.

Given that context, Hawke’s musing about one of Redford’s obituaries makes sense.

"If we had made the book just for him, it would have been worth it," muses Mackesy.

Her poems ranged from swampy oppressive memories of Florida to the nature of poetry to musings on hypocritical activists.

But claps were generous for Swift’s closer, which saw the artist sincerely thanking her fans for being her muse.