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...Here fairground barker Billy Bigelow is, in part, a product of his background — a close-knit, hard-working community, where masculinity is closely allied with tough physicality and tight-lipped pride....
...And narrative variety and rubato, instead of “wham, bang, thank you, Uncle Sam,” is surely what we’ll get from Bigelow....
...“Here, Uncle Nigel, look at this pocket-sized i-Something that can deliver the whole of Avatar to you in 3D and surround-sound while leaving enough space for the complete works of Proust read by Sir Ian...
...Yes, songs such as “If I Loved You” and the roustabout Billy Bigelow’s “Soliloquy” are heartbreaking in their yearning, and “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over” is an irresistible paean to going forth and multiplying...
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