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Here's the problem: the description of the world is always reduced to yes or no, black or white. Superficial stories. Superhero stories. One side is the good one. The other one is evil.

Marjane Satrapi

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Marjane Satrapi
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: November 22
Actor
Animator
Comics Artist
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