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- ↑ "Uncut takes provocative look at gossip and libel: Director Greyson uses Pierre Trudeau, Michael Jackson and circumcision to address tabloid culture". Montreal Gazette , June 27, 1998.
- 1 2 "Greyson cuts through culture of sampling". Toronto Star , July 3, 1998.
- ↑ "John Greyson, an Uncut above". The Globe and Mail , May 30, 1997.