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When Catherine O’Hara delivered the perfect Purim spiel

JL;DR SUMMARY The article commemorates the versatile actress Catherine O'Hara, who passed away at 71, and highlights her memorable performance in the 2006 film "For Your Consideration." A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CultureFilmPurimComedyQueen EstherSchitt's CreekMockumentaryCatherine O'haraFor Your ConsiderationCinematic Performances

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"OHara plays veteran actress Marilyn Hack, cast in an awards-baity picture called Home for Purim. We get a glimpse of the film, a weepy melodrama set in the American South and starring Hack as a terminally ill matriarch."

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