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Description:

"Come out, come out, wherever you are..." and watch this video about Stephen King's The Shining. After it's over, we may or may not axe you some questions.

Language:

English Language

Subjects:

Literature / Bestsellers

Transcript

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Thank you We sneak in Bestsellers The shining i'll ashman
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what is the shining about on what makes it a
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best seller The shining is you know a kind of
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classic novel that takes place in an old house And
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like scary things are happening in the house A boy

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named a boy named danny moves in with his parents
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on their way in They need the chef who is
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on his way out It turns out that the chef
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is telepathic and can communicate with danny telepathically and tells
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him to get in touch if he ever needs help
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and then lots of other crazy stuff goes down So
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you've got you know shrubbery and topiary moving on Father
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sees it and it's like oh that bush looks like
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it's moving towards me I must be imagining it but
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it actually is yeah they're i mean they're basically this
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is a house full of monsters and demons which pretty
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horrifying but people love that stuff People loved being scared
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and so the shining is really like iconic american horror
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story What is the shining about on what makes it 00:01:21.846 --> [endTime] a bestseller
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