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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, and Other Stories by Tim Burton is a darkly whimsical collection of illustrated poetry and verse created by the acclaimed filmmaker. On an episode of Modern Wisdom titled 14 Lessons from 5 Years Of Modern Wisdom, released on February 13, 2023, the host talked about this specific holiday edition of the book. He explained that the text had been given to him by his speech coach. The coach encouraged him to practice reading poetry because of its unusual and distinct rhythms, which served as a helpful exercise for his vocal training and delivery. The host noted during the conversation that he found the book to be great for this developmental purpose.
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“I've got here uh The Melancholy death of oyster Boy by Tim Burton which is poetry and this is from my speech Coach and he's been getting me to do poetry because it's got these sort of weird rhythms to it and um it's great”