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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Bob Dylan's CD Christmas in the Heart, the South African sprinter Caster Semenya, and filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's new documentary Le Danse.

Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned in the show:

The "Must Be Santa" video from Bob Dylan's official Web site.
Jody Rosen's "Brow Beat" post on whether the Dylan album is a joke.
Jody Rosen's book on the mother of all holiday songs, White Christmas.
Bing Crosby and David Bowie's "Little Drummer Boy" duet.
Frank Sinatra's version of "I'll Be Home for Christmas."
Ray Charles' version of " Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer."
Ariel Levy's New Yorker article on the South African sprinting sensation.
Caster Semenya's You magazine cover.
Nationwide release dates for Le Danse.
Robert Gottlieb's blog entry about Le Danse in the New York Review of Books.
French and Saunders' insane spoof of the high-art "making of" documentary.

The Culture Gabfest weekly endorsements:
Dana's pick: German-born American actress Marlene Dietrich sings "The Surrey With the Fringe on Top."
June's pick: Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century by Masha Gessen.
Julia's pick: Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy.

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