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Rufus Wainwright: A Year Of Living Judy Garland

Andrew Purcell, The Independent, 14 February 2007

THERE IS AN anecdote that Rufus Wainwright enjoys telling about his childhood fascination with Judy Garland. "I wanted to be Dorothy – on good days," he remembers. "On bad days, I wanted to be the Wicked Witch."

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