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For your pre-weekend reading, here's the lightning-smart Daphne Brooks on Amy Winehouse and how she engages in racial drag (when she's able to stand up long enough to perform, anyway): "Winehouse has been lauded for essentially throwing Holiday along with Foster Brooks, Louis Armstrong, Wesley Willis, Megan Mullally's Karen on Will and Grace, Moms Mabley and Courtney Love into a blender and pressing pulse. And her ability to bring that tricked-out mix of characters to life has made for some eyeb...

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