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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    An artistic genius hidden in Granada Hills

    Glenn Bray stumbled across the work of Polish sculptor Stanisław Szukalski in a Hollywood bookstore 50 years ago. Bray was a comic book collector in his early 20s. A few years later, he learned that Stanisław lived only five miles away from him.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 21, 2018 • 1 min read

    Glenn Bray stumbled across the work of Polish sculptor Stanisław Szukalski in a Hollywood bookstore 50 years ago. Bray was a comic book collector in his early 20s. A few years later, he learned that Stanisław lived only five miles away from him. They became friends for 15 years -- until Szukalski died in 1987. More than 200 hours of their talks are on tape, and now in the new Netflix documentary “Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski.”

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    2. 11:08An artistic genius hidden in Granada HillsYou’re reading this
    3. 23:48Emily Blunt gives A+ performance in ‘Mary Poppins Returns,’ a B- movie
    4. 37:14Christmas in Norway: stinky, tasty fish...and elaborate advent calendars
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