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Junior High Graduate of the Week
When the state of New Hampshire manages to crank out a cultural phenomenon, they tend to be way left-of-center: comedian Sarah Silverman, singers Ronnie James Dio and GG Allin (maybe don't Google Image him) ... but the Granite State's biggest claim to outsider fame is the musical group The Shaggs, three sisters who came together in the late 1960s to record one mythical album of free, dissonant, non-pop that continues to bewitch listeners 40 years later. There's been a movie about the group in development for a while now, and since this is the year of the musical biopic, the project just found its lead: Eighth Grade discovery Elsie Fisher. Now that's great casting.
Elsie Fisher on returning to school after shooting 'Eighth Grade'
When the state of New Hampshire manages to crank out a cultural phenomenon, they tend to be way left-of-center: comedian Sarah Silverman, singers Ronnie James Dio and GG Allin (maybe don't Google Image him) ... but the Granite State's biggest claim to outsider fame is the musical group The Shaggs, three sisters who came together in the late 1960s to record one mythical album of free, dissonant, non-pop that continues to bewitch listeners 40 years later. There's been a movie about the group in development for a while now, and since this is the year of the musical biopic, the project just found its lead: Eighth Grade discovery Elsie Fisher. Now that's great casting.
Elsie Fisher on returning to school after shooting 'Eighth Grade'
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