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He was 16, a French immigrant, nobody knew who he was ? he was an orphan. He was nobody, and then all of the sudden because he's a survivor and cannibalism was said to have taken place, he's suddenly elevated to stardom and infamy. He probably made the whole thing sound as sexy and gory and sensational as possible.

Julie Schablitsky

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