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Promising Young Actress

from A Paper Gift by Motion Picture

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Smiling through her last rendition
As Othello’s ever faithful, fated wife
She’d always learned the best way to exit
Was, for an actress, to die on the stage
When playing in the greatest tragedy

And as her lover hovers over her
The tears are real and so is the embrace
The audience could scarcely tell the difference
Until they read she was dead
On the front morning page:
‘Promising Young Actress Dies On Stage’

No legacy or resume equates
With an actress who dies from the stage

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from A Paper Gift, released November 7, 2000

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Motion Picture Minneapolis, Minnesota

Formed in 1992, the plaintive and contemplative songs of Minneapolis' Motion Picture calls to mind the lush fragility of Belle & Sebastian, the lovelorn lyricism of Trembling Blue Stars, and the sophisticated melodic stamp of early Felt. The heart-wrenching music merges guitar and cello melodies into arrangements that are at once idyllic in essence and elaborate in structure. ... more

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