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How to Defend Yourself When You're Out in the Street
Cyrus thinks back on his life and he says, who are you Cyrus? Sing for them, dance for them, joke for them. Whatever you do, don't fight them. He's questioning his own way of dealing with things. Sometimes the joke isn't the appropriate thing. Anger is theappropriate thing. I think that a thousand people on the street, you know, if you're a part of the anti-apartheid movement, will have more impact than somebody on television telling a joke in a right on way. Jokes are great but jokes aren't politics. In the end what you want is somebody to do something. Two little birds is a post windrush drama series
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