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But Did Rilke Read "Watchmen"?

Bono speaks.

3:27 PM, Nov 24, 2010 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI
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U2 frontman Bono on his new Broadway musical:

We’re wrestling with the same stuff as Rilke, Blake, ‘Wings of Desire,’ Roy Lichtenstein, the Ramones — the cost of feeling feelings, the desire for connections when you’re separate from others.

Heavy, man. Especially for a production titled Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark.

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