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Nov 7, 2020Liked by Sydney Urbanek

you know, I've always been convinced that the person in VO who says “I don’t really think that anyone is honest with her" in Madonna's Truth or Dare, is her brother, Chris. He concludes "except maybe for me and i'm definitely not honest all the time". I am loving your essays here. One thing: I direct documentaries myself (fly-0n- the wall ones). I can by no means have anything other than an opinion on this but Madonna's dad? That 'strain' you refer to, yes likely you're right, but I interpret it as his discomfort with the cameras. I see this a lot with people of his generation when I'm filming. (excuse Truth or Dare fixation, it was what made me want to direct as a young man). Really enjoying your writing, thank you.

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