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Speaker 1: Two three. James Brown is one of the most influential

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Speaker 1: artists and cultural forces of our time, and I'm so

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Speaker 1: excited with the premiere of the upcoming A and E

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Speaker 1: documentary event James Brown Said Laugh. Executive produced by me

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Speaker 1: Qussalow to Wreak, Black, Thought Trotter and Mick Jacker, the

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Speaker 1: doc traces the incredible trajectory of the legendary artist and

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Speaker 1: cultural icon and examines how his words, song style and

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Speaker 1: moves inspired musical revolutions and molded a nation's view of

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Speaker 1: black pride and black masculinity. Featuring never seen before archival

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Speaker 1: interviews and performances of Brown, plus interviews with friends, family, musicians,

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Speaker 1: and proteges. It's a definitive look at a complicated life

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Speaker 1: and a reflection on the immense impact Brown continues to

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Speaker 1: have on music and culture today. Two night event premieres Monday,

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Speaker 1: February eighteenth, at age seven Central on A and E.

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Speaker 1: Once the next day on the A E. I can't

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Speaker 1: wait for you to see it. Good God, Hm And

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Speaker 1: now here's the trailer of James Brown Say It Louder

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Speaker 1: showing on A and E.

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Speaker 2: My father was born. It didn't look like he was

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Speaker 2: gonna come to me. But then all of a sudden

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Speaker 2: he was a lie.

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Speaker 3: I got something that makes big on the shot, had

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Speaker 3: a determination to be somebody.

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Speaker 2: He showed me it was possible.

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Speaker 3: Not that I could do it, but I could dream it.

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Speaker 1: But I created fark God and.

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Speaker 2: He was this amazing genius and gave so much of

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Speaker 2: the world.

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Speaker 3: I'm a black man, I got to take part in

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Speaker 3: my calls. I gotta take part in my fight for freedom,

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Speaker 3: for her Walleton and take us down where it's needed.

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Speaker 1: His music was incredibly important to our community, to our

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Speaker 1: people saying now I'm black and I'm proud. That song

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Speaker 1: was dangerous, aggressive and political. That's one of the bravest

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Speaker 1: things that James Brown has ever done. It's the original

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Speaker 1: Black lives matter. With the greatness comes flow us. That

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Speaker 1: balance is necessary for you to be great.

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Speaker 3: And when I look back, I say, God, how did

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Speaker 3: I get this?

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Speaker 2: Talk? James Brown Say It Loud.

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Speaker 1: A two night event premieres Monday, February nineteenth, that E

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