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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: BOOP! The Musical Star Jasmine Any Rogers on Why Betty Boop Is More Popular Than Ever at 95-Years-Old · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest at ninety five years
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  Speaker 1: of age.
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  Speaker 2: Betty Boop is having a moment, with her popularity seemingly
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  Speaker 2: bigger than ever and her hit Broadway show Boop the
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  Speaker 2: Musical making waves. It's hard for anything in pop culture
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  Speaker 2: to stay relevant for nearly a century, but jazzmin Amy Rodgers,
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  Speaker 2: who stars as Betty and the Musical, thinks the cartoon
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  Speaker 2: icon has endured because she speaks to the female experience,
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  Speaker 2: no matter when you were born.
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  Speaker 3: She found a way to represent women in the way
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  Speaker 3: that we've always been and continue to be. Women are
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  Speaker 3: so powerful and so exciting and capable of so many things,
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  Speaker 3: and I think we as women are always looking for
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  Speaker 3: figures that way that represent that for us, and so
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  Speaker 3: I think that's why she's managed to stand the test
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  Speaker 3: of time. And she's frickin' adorable. I mean, how could
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  Speaker 3: you not love her?
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  Speaker 2: People also seem to be loving Jazzmine herself. She received
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  Speaker 2: it Tony nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Musical.
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  Speaker 2: If you want to hear at work, the Boop the
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  Speaker 2: Musical soundtrack is out now.
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  Speaker 1: That's Direct from Hollywood.