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The latest version of “A Star Is Born” has inspired boundless passion, countless memes and a fair amount of eye-rolling. Does it have what it takes to earn a best picture nomination? Take


this quiz to see if you’re in the _sha-ha-sha-ha-ha-lows _for this film. 1. GENDER (a) Female (7) (b) Male (3) 2. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SEEN “A STAR IS BORN”? (a) Once (4) (b) Too many to


count. (10) (c) Stop bugging me! I’ll get around to it now that the World Series is over. (0) 3. HOW MANY OTHER VERSIONS OF “A STAR IS BORN” HAVE YOU SEEN? (a) All of them, including “What


Price Hollywood?” (6) (b) I started watching the Streisand one on Netflix the other night. Does that count? (2) (c) Wait. There have been other versions??? (10) 4. WHEN GAGA GOES ALL


“HAAAAAA-AHHHH-AHHH-OHHHH-AHHAAAAAA-AHHHH-AHHH-OHHHH-AH!!!” YOU’RE, LIKE: (a) Queen! (10) (b) Gesundheit! (2) (c) Secretly wishing you had tinnitus like Jackson Maine. (0) 5. THE MOVIE’S


ATTITUDE TOWARD POP MUSIC IS: (a) Confusing (3) (b) Condescending (0) (c) (Taking ear buds out) I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying attention. I was listening to “Why Did You Do That?” (10) 6. YOUR


ULTIMATE ROMANTIC GESTURE: (a) Dozen roses (3) (b) Bag of frozen peas. (10) 7. BRADLEY COOPER’S VOICE SOUNDS LIKE: (a) Sam Elliott (5) (b) Heaven! (8) (c) A sun-poisoned bullfrog dying in


the gutter (0) 8. YOU WAKE UP EACH MORNING … (a) Eager to face a brand-new day! (3) (b) Burdened with regret, wishing for oblivion. It’s hard keepin’ it so hardcore. (8) (c) Humming “Why Did


You Do That?” over and over and over again. (9) 9. FAVORITE MUSICAL COUPLE: (a) Jay-Z and Beyonce (4) (b) Kurt and Courtney (0) (c) Sonny and Cher (8) 10. DID YOU CHOKE UP DURING THE MOVIE?


(a) I brushed away tears at the end, yes. (6) (b) My eyes were as dry as the Arizona sky. (1) (c) Constantly. This movie destroyed me. And if you didn’t weep, YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE MONSTER!


(10) 11. ELEMENT FROM THE FILM YOU’D LIKE TO INCORPORATE INTO YOUR LIFE: (a) Authenticity (6) (b) Martyrdom (4) (c) Bradley Cooper’s self-tanner and whatever products he used to make his


hair so amazing! (9) 12) ULTIMATELY, “A STAR IS BORN” IS ABOUT … (a) … teaching that anything is possible, so long as a famous man is really into you. (3) (b) … melodrama, myth-making and


the cathartic power of a good cry. (10) (c) … a half-hour too long. (0) SCORING 80 AND ABOVE: You’re off the deep end! 40-79: Might need to take another look atchu before deciding. 0-39:


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