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'Revenge' is a shameless soap in the style of Eighties shoulder-pad slap-offs like 'Dallas,' 'Dynasty' and 'Falcon Crest.' Yet there's no wink-wink camp.

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Rob Sheffield
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: February 2
Journalist
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the United States of America
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